man; male; masculine gender
name; given name; first name
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
all; entire; whole; altogether
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to find out; to discover; to locate
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
with a start; with a jump
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
very young; little; childish; immature
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)