superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
to win favour; to win favor
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
completely; fully; entirely
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
businessman with political ties
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
nothing but; none other than
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
no regrets; without regrets
feeling; sense; impression
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
(inner) bottom of a pot; lingering recession
burnt rice; scorched rice; crispy rice at bottom of cooking pan; woman who hangs out with gay men
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing