guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
corridor; hallway; passageway
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
useless resistance; vain struggle
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
each and all; every single one; everybody
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
race (of people); type of person
excess personnel; redundant staff
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
selection; choice; picking out
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone; to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
feeling sick (suddenly); feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry (suddenly); being offended; being disgusted
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
numerator; molecule; member; element
desperation; struggle to the death
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue