recovery; undoing; recall
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to show up; to appear; to turn up
main question; real issue at hand
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
recovery; rescue; recapture
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
simply; merely; only; solely
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
panty-less; wearing no underwear
having not the slightest idea
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
manner of using one's hands
slight; thin; on the weak side
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
that is to say; so that means
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
second marriage; remarriage
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
printing type; movable type; printed text; print