sincere; honest; faithful
(political) power; authority; influence
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to keep to oneself; to keep secret
to take (all of) into consideration
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
source of information; intelligence source; message source
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
coating; film; membrane; tunic (plants); capsule
direct control; direct supervision
for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance
strings; stringed instrument; string ensemble
tools and materials; equipment and materials
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
take (e.g. in film-making)
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow