underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
settlement; permanent residency
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to summon courage; to be brave
operation; functioning; running
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
although; though; despite the fact that ...
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to put into effect; to put into practice
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
another's parent; another's parents
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
questions and answers; dialogue
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
one's physical safety; personal security
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command