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Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
southpaw; left-handed person
arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio
(private) investigation company; research agency
airsoft (war game using air guns firing plastic pellets); game of survival
shallow view; superficial idea
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
ease of use; pleasantness of use; comfort level
make good use of; make the most of
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
guess; speculation; supposition
way of solving (a problem); solution
job hunting; job searching
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
ordinary citizen; the general public
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
suited figure; person in a suit
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)