talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
thought; consideration; thinking
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to become clear; to be made public
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
countermeasure; counter-measure
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
several people; a few people
within; inside of; less than
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
seeing off and meeting on return
work; business; company; study
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
income; receipts; revenue
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally