unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
application; request; petition
numbered tag; numbered ticket
bureaucratic routine; red tape
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to run out (e.g. of the room)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
around the neck; neck size (measurement)
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
performance of one's official duties
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
had better ...; may as well ...
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
to have one's name entered (in a list)
acquaintance; appreciative friend
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
counterfeit goods; fake; (a) forgery
bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor