guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
doorknob; door knob; door handle
to become locked; to lock
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to do together; to share; to participate in
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
guess; speculation; supposition
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
classified information; top secret
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)