to be a quick worker; to be fast in forming relationships with women; to be quick to resort to violence
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
to gaze out at; to look out over
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
arrangement; pact; agreement
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
around the clock; day and night
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
in the same way as; just like
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
changing clothes; change of clothes
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
helper; assistant; second
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
right side; right-hand side
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility