steady; honest; sober; straightforward
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (US); FBI
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to take command; to give direction
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
democratization; democratisation
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to talk; to chat; to chatter
such; like that; that sort of; very
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to begin to crumble; to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object