white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
newspaper reporter; print journalist
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
unskilled; not very good at
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet
to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to make love
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
(your) daughter; young woman
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do; terrible; dreadful; frightening
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap