tendency; trend; inclination
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
counter seat; seat at the counter
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
although I say; although one might say; although called
chair; stool; post; office; position
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender