mysterious thief; phantom thief
manners; courtesy; etiquette
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
look!; there!; here!; that is
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
wired; cabled; communication by wire
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
distant; remote; isolated
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
while; during (the time when)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
progress; advance; improvement; development
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
scene; spectacle; sight; view
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable