prime minister; premier; chancellor
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
exclusive; attached to; specialist
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to move forward; to move on
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
political measures; policy
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to be forward; to be impertinent
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to launch a surprise attack
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to send or direct a person to
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime