listening device; bug; wiretap
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
hair on the back of one's head
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
of course; certainly; naturally
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
internal (to a country); interior; home; national; domestic
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
near oneself; close to one; familiar
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
upper side (go, chess, othello board)
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
to hunger for love; to starve for love
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
caption (photo explanation, video subtitle, headline); legend; cutline
picking; collecting; harvesting
in case of; at that time; at this time
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
arrival on location (esp. used in transport industries, police, etc.)
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
exclamation point; exclamation mark
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)