January; first month of the lunar calendar
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
technique; art; skill; move
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
heading; headline; index; headword
article; news story; report; account
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to breathe out; to exhale
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to increase; to add to; to augment
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
charming; fascinating; attractive
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to move forward; to move on
to rain incessantly; to downpour