to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
book; volume; this; present; main; head
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
scrubbing and washing; kitchen work
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
solution; solution strategy
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to follow another's example
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
rare (or peculiar) animal
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
person concerned; interested party; related party
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour