surname; family name; last name
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
control; management; supervision
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
bureau director; office chief
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
interception (email); wiretap; bug
flour; meal; powder; dust
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
compensatory holiday (for working on a day off); time in lieu
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more