barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
jail sentence; imprisonment
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
named after; associated with; connected with
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
intelligence gathering; information gathering
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
newspaper story (article, account)
article; news story; report; account
to dispose of; to sell off
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
pretension; conceit; hubris
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away