arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
preface; introduction; preamble
safety; welfare; well-being
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
possibility; potential; expandability
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to be selected (from among many people)
leadership; initiative; spearhead
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
preference; priority; precedence
to jump at; to be attracted by
lover; sweetheart; mistress
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
not revealing (thoughts, feelings); not breathing a word
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour