sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to spread; to be propagated
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to order; to command; to appoint
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
each field; various circles
popular person; favorite; favourite
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
influenced (by); under an influence
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
one's manners; one's attitude
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to