municipal office; council; city hall
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
home area; home town; local
person requiring special attention; person to be wary of; person under (police) surveillance; dangerous person
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to make one's rounds; to patrol
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
to put someone to work; to make someone work
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
even though; despite; when
everything; anything; nothing
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
under the staircase; understairs
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
progress; advance; improvement; development
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
early on; earlier on; from early
reproachful; hateful; bitter
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum