shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to explain adequately; to be accountable
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
way out; means to escape; escape route
near; close; beside; third person
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
unqualified; without qualifications
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
one end; an end; part; fragment
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
affidavit; deposition; testimony
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened