not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
priority; order of precedence
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
information leak; data breach
to lose one's way; to get lost
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
hostile relations; hostile relationship
very great; enormous; serious
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
silence (not speaking); muteness
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
confidence; trust; faith; credit
colleague; workmate; comrade; coworker
to stare back at; to look back at
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly