dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
(necessary) personnel; required person
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
rational; reasonable; logical
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
mediator; manager; caretaker
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
distress; wretched condition
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
title; index; heading; headline; caption
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
portrait; likeness; picture
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
person of culture; cultured person
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
surname; family name; last name
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
fourth day of the month; four days
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
good; goodness; right; virtue
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to undergo surgery; to have an operation