emergency; extraordinary; unusual
electrocardiograph; ECG; EKG
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to escape death; to be saved from death
journal; magazine; periodical
as usual; as is one's habit
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
guess; speculation; supposition
weekly publication; weekly magazine
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
to say; to be called; to do
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
honorific/polite/humble prefix
please (give me); please (do for me)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death