to take over; to hand over
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
proper; respectable; decent; honest
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to make sense; to be meaningful
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
being on the ropes; losing ground
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
to break into (houses here and there); to rampage
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
passage; path; route; one's way
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
human kindness; human weakness
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to give directions; to issue instructions
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe