secret; private; surreptitious
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to gather strength; to take heart
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
to detain; to check; to restrain
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
proposal; proposition; suggestion
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to sit in a row; to be arrayed