one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
reader; (website) visitor
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
(political) administration; political power
riskiness; (level of) danger
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
having said that; on the other hand
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
melancholy; gloom; depression
sentiment; sentimentality
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
in the meanwhile; during the time
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
but; however; provided that
confidential; secret; classified