worry; fear; anxiety; concern
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
police; police officer; police station
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
several people; a few people
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to be found; to be discovered
really; truly; indeed; good grief
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
police drama (television); detective drama
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to speak; to say; to vocalize
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be at a loss for words
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
considerably; fairly; quite
school building; schoolhouse
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to face; to go towards; to head towards
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher