number of persons; personnel
thorough; exhaustive; complete
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
support; backing; aid; assistance
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
duty; function; office; mission; task
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
complete change; about-face
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to flare up; to burst into flames
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
hey there; I say; see here
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
several years; a few years
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
donor; contributor; provider
separate case; another matter
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold