I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
orthodoxy; (Greek) orthodox church
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
to employ; to hire; to charter
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
materials; data; document
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
relatively; comparatively
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to be found; to be discovered
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
tendency; trend; inclination
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion