incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
personal feelings; self-interest
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
(social) position; status
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
a little bit; a little while
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
depravity; corruption; degradation
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
most of all; extremely; supremely
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
different person; another person; someone else; changed man