to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
nonchalant air; unruffled air
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
very likely; very probable
variation in color (colour); having a different color
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
explosion; rupture; break off
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
acceleration; speeding up
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely