waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
looks; personal appearance; features
to perceive; to understand
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
government official; public official
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to make a list; to enumerate
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
gradually; slowly but steadily
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
tendency; trend; inclination
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
economic bloc; ecosystem (of services, goods, etc. within a company or consortium)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
receiving; acceptance; reception
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem