career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to look away; to avert one's eyes
allocation; appropriation
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
young person; youth; young
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
interested person; volunteer; supporter
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to rank next to; to come after
one's family; family member
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
stroll in the air (e.g. leisurely helicopter, airplane ride)
strike (i.e. industrial action)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
mission; delegation; transmission
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
trauma (usu. psychological)
that; the matter in question
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
review; reconsideration; revision
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
leaving; quitting; retiring
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
betting ticket; betting slip