grandfather; male senior-citizen
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
intelligence gathering; information gathering
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
play equipment; playground equipment
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
to go out and away; to leave
report; notification; registration
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
in terms of; from the point of view of
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
rather; sooner; preferably
one's physical safety; personal security
to lend an ear to; to listen to
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest