to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
genuine article; real thing; real deal
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
form; shape; figure; visage
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
too much; excessively; too
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
story; tale; talk; discussion
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
bookmaking; (stock market) bucketing
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
for example; for instance; e.g.
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
time; season; period; phase; stage
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
job; work; duties; trade; skill
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
meaning; significance; sense
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently