acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
possible; likely; probable
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
police drama (television); detective drama
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
function; facility; faculty; feature
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to beat to death; to kill
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
study; diligence; discount; reduction
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to slap; to strike; to spank
odds and ends; all; every
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness