offender; criminal; culprit
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
subordinate work; assistant; servant
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
recommender; nominator; referee
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to force one's way through
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
prohibition; inhibition; ban
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
considerably; fairly; quite
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
arrest; apprehension; capture
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
real intention; true motive; true meaning
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
living thing; organism; creature; biology