den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
covert action; covert operations
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
dozens; scores of; decades
second (unit of time); arc second
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
study; library; den; home office; reading room
performance of one's official duties
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to take someone's life; to kill someone
good-natured; of good character
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
material; materials; data; information; documents
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
such ... as; or some such
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
bribe; sweetener; douceur
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance