performance of one's official duties
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
your body; your health; yourself; you
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
it is I who should say so
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
don't you think?; indicates question
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
script; libretto; scenario
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication