procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to need; to call for; to require
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
such; like that; in that way
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to look down on; to make light of
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
technical skill; ability; capacity
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
intelligence gathering; information gathering
covert action; covert operations