to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
no, not like that (but like this)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
birth; creation; formation
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
breakthrough; great discovery
discovery; detection; finding
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
small; fine; detailed; stingy
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
principal occupation; core business
to work hard; to work diligently
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
third day of the month; three days
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
rebellion; great uprising
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency