injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
to jump into; to rush into
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report
to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden
as much as one can; as much as possible
prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks
naturally; of course; understandably
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
melancholy; gloom; depression
to head home; to leave for home
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
private school; non-government school; independent school
telephone number; phone number
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience