(short) rest; breather; break
verification of accounts; checking figures; arithmetic check
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
accounting; administration (of money)
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
within; inside of; less than
achlamydeous flower; naked flower
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
examination; consideration; test; quiz
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
just the other day; quite recently
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt
to wave a flag; to show the way
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)