trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
preliminary arrangements; spade work
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
advance; moving forward; progress
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
beyond that point; after that
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
perfect; complete; flawless
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through