whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
secrecy; highly classified information
before anything else; first of all
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
something; some kind of; for some reason
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
personal (employee); employed; retained
kindness; intimacy; friendship
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
great cause; moral law; justice
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
tedious; boring; being fed up with
life and death; life or death
for example; for instance; e.g.
ordinary citizen; the general public
innocent; blameless; guiltless
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to turn towards; to point
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)