instead; but (on the other hand)
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
direct control; direct supervision
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
class; heading; group; category
extended leave; long vacation
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
open; public; official; overt
to get angry; to lose one's temper
to have a rumor circulating
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
fixed date; appointed day
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to be smeared; to be covered
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
leaving everything up to someone else
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar