period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
monetary; financial; pecuniary
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
conference room; council room
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
tank (military vehicle); chariot
to trample; to crush underfoot
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
affiliated company; affiliated business
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
double suicide; lovers' suicide
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
in spite of; regardless of
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself