origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to entrust; to leave to a person
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to press a question; to cross-examine
step; stride; counter for steps
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
such ... as; or some such
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
position; location; base; point; site
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to be helpful; to be useful
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
changing clothes; change of clothes
coexistence; living together
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue