room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to smirk; to grin broadly
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc.)
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
jingle; ding; ringing of small bells
woman; female; feminine gender
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
settlement negotiation (insurance)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order