verbal message; relaying a message
posterity; future generations; future life
declaration; statement; proclamation
flag; banner; ensign; (one's) stance; position; opinion
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale)
whoosh (of water); hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.); sizzle
finish; finishing; finishing touches
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to run a shop; to have a shop
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
attitude control; postural control
vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms
library (usu. single-room); small library
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
to be ready and waiting; to be on the alert; to be on the watch
hurriedly; in haste; in a rush; hurry up!; quickly!; get going!
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
from here; from this place
hostile party; enemy side
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
systematisation; systematization
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
inside the encampment; within the camp
precarious situation; precarious state
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained