procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
these days; now; recently
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
mentally deranged person; lunatic; mental patient
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
government official; clerk
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
moisture; humidity; dampness
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out