news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
dirty work; unpleasant task
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to bend; to warp; to curve
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
part-time lecturer; contract teacher
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to nip (something) in the bud
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
great person; eminent figure
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
how; in what way; by what means
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to find out; to discover; to locate
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
you (plural); all of you; you all
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
that's the way it is; such is life
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
thousands; several thousand