goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
those (near the second person)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to join together; to combine; to join up
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
guess; speculation; supposition
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
ago; since; before; previous
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
to spend time (on doing something)
how many people; a number of people
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
blunder; slip; error; error
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick