crime; criminal act; offence; offense
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to investigate; to examine
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
two persons; two people; pair; couple
close; intimate; on good terms
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
it is not (like that) either
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
forcibly; against one's will
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse