secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
boxes which fit inside each other; nesting boxes; hiding one's true feelings; person in a scam whose role is to telephone the victim
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
each (every) time; whenever
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
human rights; civil liberties
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to prevent; to take precautions
not worth considering; out of the question
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
interception (email); wiretap; bug
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
transactions; dealings; business
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid