careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
being a good listener; good listener
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
feeding (animals); provisioning
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
slatted shutter; louver door (window)
back (of a chair); backrest
to take a breath; to take a short rest
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
the lower classes; the common people
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
to rearrange; to resequence
majority group (party, faction)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to prowl after; to keep watch on
one's own property; possessions
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows); fascicle
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
avoiding or dodging responsibility
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
subordination; dependency