secret; private; surreptitious
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
another thing; exception; special case
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
all present; all concerned; all of us
to look around; to survey
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to incur someone's enmity
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
war; battle; match; game; competition
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to copy (down); to transcribe
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off