direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
if so; in that case; in that situation
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
one's family; family member
conviction; belief; confidence
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to thrust before; to thrust at
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
among these; between these; of these
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
proper; right; reasonable
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
being adopted into the family of one's bride