bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
moving about; stirring about
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
advance; moving forward; progress
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
question and answer session
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
nose for profit; commercial spirit; flair for making money through business
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open