(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
what time; (lit.) which hour
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
important person; strategic person; key figure
information bureau; intelligence department
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
manipulation of information; spin
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
already; now; no longer; not any more
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
improvement of relations; rapprochement