missing person; wanted person
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
underground train; subway
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
the lower classes; the common people
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
witnessing; observing; sighting
very likely; very probable
to cut corners; to be shoddy
detective work; detective industry
sincere; honest; faithful
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
hard to get; hard to come by
property; fortune; assets
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
otherwise; or else; if not
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to collapse into; to flop onto
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep