trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
trouble; bother; annoyance
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
what kind of; what sort of; what
middle of the night; dead of night
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
duty; obligation; responsibility
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few