government service; the bureaucracy
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
sunlight filtering through trees
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
with a click; with a snap
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
nothing but; none other than
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
deep inside; innermost place
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
morning glow; sunrise colors; sunrise colours
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
position; location; base; point; site