ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
(someone else's) daughter
remaining silent; keeping secret
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
how; in what way; how about; questionable
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
site; point on a map; spot
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
on-the-spot (report); eyewitness (report)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to say; to be called; to do
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out