back street; back alley; off-street
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to subsist; to keep on living
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
secrecy; highly classified information
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
order; sequence; procedure
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
the whole area; all areas
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
double-headed eagle (symbol of heraldry)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
changing clothes; change of clothes