insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
secret; private; surreptitious
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
ordinary citizen; the general public
to strike dead; to beat to death
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
insolent fellow; rude fellow
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
risky; dangerous; insecure
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
window-side; window (seat, e.g. on a plane)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
intelligence operative; spy
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap