inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
Federal Bureau of Investigation (US); FBI
approach path (aircraft, surgery); entrance ramp (highway); on-ramp; slip road
Hellmuth; Helmut; Hermuth
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
to provide (a person) with a bodyguard
great wealth; enormous fortune
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
noted doctor; excellent physician
wound suffered in a fight
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
underworld; underside of society
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
clinic; medical office; infirmary