disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
for the first time in one's life
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to do for (the sake of someone else)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
script; screenplay; scenario
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
drama; theatre; theater; play
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
secrecy; highly classified information
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
one's own army; one's own team
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to sniff out; to get wind of
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but