great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
to smirk; to grin broadly
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
fate; destiny; predestination
to feel oneself indebted to
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
government worker; public servant; civil servant
to have the memory of having done something oneself
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
if so; in that case; in that situation
it hasn't been long since
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to cheer; to jeer; to mock