indicates emotion or exclamation; hey; you
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
moderate; proper; just right
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
the very best; excellent; superb
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air; stuffiness
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
whole nation; whole land; whole country
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
traffic; coming and going; highway
place surrounded by walls; (within) prison
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
spy; secret agent; spying
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
secret; private; surreptitious
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)