household search (conducted by the police)
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
it is not (like that) either
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
pupil; student; schoolchild
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
materials; data; document
squad leader; group leader; team leader
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
(police) detective; criminal matter
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
such; this sort of; like this
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black