royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
place of dispatch; place of origin
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
light work; light-duty work
glossy black hair; green hair
sharp increase; sudden rise
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
sharing a common destiny; sitting in the same boat
areola mammae (circular area around nipple); areola
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
successful candidate; successful applicant; person who has passed an exam
every year; yearly; annually
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
cannot be helped; unavoidable
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
(a place) within one's reach
yearned for; longed for; missed
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
virtue; charm; merit; good point
personal feelings; self-interest
indigenous rights; aboriginal rights
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed