powerful medicine; strong poison
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
preliminary investigation; preparation
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
living by oneself; living alone
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
time; hour; period; class
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
two persons; two people; pair; couple
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
almost; roughly; approximately
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
war; battle; match; game; competition
at a stroke; with a single swoop
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
plural; multiple; several