personal; individual; private
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
source of information; intelligence source; message source
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to begin talking; to open up
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
to be too numerous; to be too much
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
you (plural); all of you; you all
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
way one walks; one's walk
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
to be smeared; to be covered
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
rotten smell; putrid odor
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)