generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
to boil strongly; to be excited
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
verbal message; relaying a message
posterity; future life; life to come
declaration; statement; proclamation
flag; banner; ensign; emblem
descendant; posterity; offspring
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
shah; former ruler of Iran
finish; finishing; finishing touches
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to run a shop; to have a shop
to perceive; to understand
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms
library (usu. single-room); small library
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
hurriedly; in haste; in a rush; hurry up!; quickly!; get going!
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
from here; from this place
hostile party; enemy side
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
systematisation; systematization
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position