acquaintance; friend; familiar face
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
oppression; suppression; pressure
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to have a talk; to tell a story
secrecy; highly classified information
government; administration; statesmanship
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
to live through; to survive
machine parts; machinery; equipment
official announcement; proclamation
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
ingenuity; resourcefulness
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
proper; respectable; decent; honest
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin