protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
remains; corpse; (dead) body
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
something; some kind of; for some reason
news of someone's death; obituary
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
at once; immediately; right now
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
absentmindedness; peace of mind
disfavor; disfavour; disinheritance
reality; actuality; hard fact
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
head; brains; intellect; understanding