old capital; former capital
hand-operated fire pump; water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
to be burned out (of one's home)
to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
cabinet meeting; meeting of ministers
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
with a great deal of effort; laboriously
to run away; to escape safely
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
karma (from one's previous life)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
state secrets; secrets of the state
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
endless; boundless; fathomless; eternal
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
one floor (of a building); single floor
to step over or across; to overcome
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
having gone too far to turn back
to continue to do; to persist in doing
mechanical brain; computer