to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to put someone to trouble
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed