to stop talking; to break off; to pause
summer vacation; summer holidays
fresh; (liquid) non-dairy creamer; coffee whitener
(sexually) attractive older woman; mature woman; MILF
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
financier; business leader
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
the lower classes; the common people
small salary; meagre salary; low pay
employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
official bulletin; communique
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
nothing but; none other than
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
sensual love; love affair
having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
two-wheeled motor vehicle; motorcycle; motorbike
fast moving; fast running; fast sailing
to regard someone with odium; to look at someone with reproach
hairlines (on an engraving)
jumble; hodgepodge; potpourri; heterogenous mixture
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
to be bony; to be angular