to begin to walk; to set out
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
ingredient; component; composition
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
to become clear; to be made public
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to throw into; to toss into
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
discovery; detection; finding
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
news; word; tidings; omen
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
thoughtful; deep-thinking
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
support; backing; patronage
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
meaning; connotation; denotation
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation