splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to come to power; to assume the reins of government
executives; top management; governing body
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
private citizen; civilian
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
gossip; corner of the mouth
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
marching orders; sailing orders
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
interdict; prohibition order; writ of prohibition
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
characteristic; feature; special quality
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
seniority by length of service
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
demotion; relegation; downgrading
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off