electronic key (doors, etc.); electronic cipher
powerful medicine; strong poison
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
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
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
at a stroke; with a single swoop
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
particularly; only; in the case of
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
remaining silent; keeping secret
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
heir; inheritor; successor
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)