command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
street; quarter; district; area
large number (of); many; majority
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
failure; mistake; blunder
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
very likely; very probable
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
endurance; perseverance; patience
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
dirty work; unpleasant task
pup; puppy; whelp; damn dog; mutt
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly