public order; public peace; public security; law and order
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
store; reserve; stock; savings
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
technique; art; skill; move
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
head; brains; intellect; understanding
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of