deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
speech; expression; wording; language
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
8th day of the month; eight days
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
gag order; gag rule; gag law
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
writing; composition; essay; sentence
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to resign from one's post
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)