MI6 (from Military Intelligence Section 6); Secret Intelligence Service (UK); SIS
skill; dexterity; master hand
bombing (shelling) the wrong target; (be killed by) friendly fire
Nola (Italy); Nora; Norah
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
intelligence operative; spy
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
life or death; existence; destiny
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model