debt collector; bill collector; repo man
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
police; police officer; police station
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
fast-talking; rapid talking
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
courteous; decorous; polite
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
discovery; detection; finding
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
by any means (possible); somehow
form; method; system; formula
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
even though; despite; when
geothermal electric power generation
nuclear power generation; nuclear electricity generation
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
that's the way it is; such is life
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
few decades; many decades; several decades
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
underground; subterranean
atomic energy; nuclear power
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend