ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
international; diplomatic intercourse
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
inattention; absent-mindedness
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
looking slender in clothing
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
patting; stroking; caressing
(social) position; status
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
drowning; flood; shipwreck
(period of) a year; during an era
low (level, value, price, etc.)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling