(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
every evening; every night
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
the other day; lately; recently
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to lay aside; to set aside
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to await; to wait for; to expect
as stated; verbatim; literally
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
circulation; dissemination
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
mountain hunt; combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
simultaneous; all at once
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
manipulation of information; spin
life; living; I; me; student
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
letting (someone) die without helping
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
price; cost; value; worth; value
to happen to pass by; to pass by