number of persons; personnel
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to have an idea; to have a clue
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
perception; sensing; noticing
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
to attack; to assault; to assail
dealing with; coping with
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
arrangement; pact; agreement
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
wicked tongue; abusive language
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
letter; missive; note; mail
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
complete change; about-face