plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
cordless telephone; wireless telephone
survival; survivor; relic
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to happen to meet; to come across
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences
tag (children's game); tig
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
freedom; free man; free woman
hard (due to freezing, drying, etc.); wound up; tense
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
the staff; inside the department