without permission; without notice
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
profit motive; (with) the intention to profit; profit-making intention; for profit
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
to repeat; to be frequent
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
since when; from when; how long
without; but if; otherwise; or else
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
flash (of light); glint; schiller
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
many; much; plenty; hardly
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
excited condition; excited state
(not) enough; (in)sufficiently; (un)satisfactorily
it's no joke; gimme a break!
role of the villain; the bad guy
background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character; NPC
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
hostile relations; hostile relationship