preface; introduction; preamble
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
penetrating eyes; insightfulness
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
inspection; examination; survey
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
spine; backbone; spinal column
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
settlement; solution; resolution
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
future (usually near); prospects
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
circulation; dissemination
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
to search for; to seek for; to look for
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)