lottery; tombola; drawing
destination; place one stays during a trip
probity check; background investigation
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
death from disease; death from illness
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
neighbourhood; neighborhood
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
naughty; mischievous; unruly
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
feigned sleep; playing possum
to smile (at); to grin (at)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
middle of the night; dead of night
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
not yet known; unknown; strange
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
whereabout; about where; how much
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
scene; sight; scenario; setting
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance