electricity; (electric) light
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
course; route; path; process; means
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
to be able to manage somehow or another
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
connection; link; relationship
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
while; during; performed in this condition
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such