rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
doing whatever one pleases
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
nature; property; disposition
head; chief; boss; leader
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
big man; large man; tall man; giant
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to be prominently ...; to be persistently ...
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
clear; precise; definite; distinct
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
intelligence gathering; information gathering
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
otherwise; or else; if not
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
main question; real issue at hand
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe