tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
thruster (e.g. on a satellite)
watching while standing (e.g. a play)
emphatic sentence-ending particle
inner-city area; city center
to look away; to avert one's eyes
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
thick curtain; drop curtain
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
should time and circumstances permit
digression; many divergences
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to sniff out; to get wind of
might as well; sure, why not; why not use this occasion to ...
apple; Apple (computer company)
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
increase (in an amount of money)
rather; sooner; preferably
background (of a case, incident, etc.)
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)