bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
in one's own way or style
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
in the same way as; just like
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
to be transparent; to show through
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
rather; sooner; preferably
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
thought; consideration; thinking
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
receiving; acceptance; reception
service in the first reserve
retiring from military service
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to accept; to receive; to agree
please; somehow or other; one way or another
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move