habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
to incur someone's enmity
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
victim; injured party; sufferer
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
form; method; system; formula
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
relatively; comparatively
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
loveable; very likeable; like very much
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
as (for); for; in the capacity of