bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
world; society; people; the public
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
folklore studies; folkloristics
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
end of war; cessation of hostilities
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
orphan; person without friends
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
ingenuity; resourcefulness
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
rule; reign; government; governing
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
countermeasure; counter-measure
to become settled; to be fixed
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs