spanking; traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, is hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility
to loiter around; to wander about
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
brunette; woman or girl with brown skin or eyes
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
after staying up all night
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
MI6 (from Military Intelligence Section 6); Secret Intelligence Service (UK); SIS
outsourcing; subcontracting
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
container for boiled rice
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
change; transition; vicissitudes
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
calamity; misfortune; disaster
derailment; digression; deviation
pure and innocent; immaculate
humble position; inferior; underarm grip on opponent's belt
to toady; to be obsequious
final; eventual; ultimate
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
counter for chairs or seats
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
eruption; volcanic eruption