Bucharest (Romania); București
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be well-known; to be famous
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
many-sided; multifarious; versatility
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
reading matter; reading material
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
waxing and waning (of the Moon)
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view