intelligence gathering; information gathering
course; route; path; process; means
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
information terminal (esp. smartphone, cellphone); digital assistant
to find out; to discover; to locate
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
capable of anything; liable to do
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
precondition; prerequisite
enterprise; business; company; corporation
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
armed forces; military; troops
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
floor above; floor upstairs
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
consequently; as a result
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to suit one's skin (of cosmetics); to agree with one's skin; to be compatible; to get along well; to be to one's liking
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
eddies of wind around high buildings
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel