by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
in the meanwhile; during the time
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
book; volume; this; present; main; head
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
after a long time; for the first time in a while
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)