true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
expression; look; countenance; face
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
interference; meddling; butting in
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
briskly; quickly; promptly
baton (of command); order; command; direction
political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
notice; notification; report; posting
exactly as stated; verbatim
cabinet (of a government); ministry
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
resignation (from a position)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to invite in; to show someone in