having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
in general; generally; usually
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
still; even now; to this day
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
direct control; direct supervision
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
call; summons; convening; convocation
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
power; authority; jurisdiction
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic