makeshift; stopgap; temporary expedient; temporary solution; band-aid
cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
geopolitical; geostrategic
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
one's figure during sleep
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness
in that manner; like that
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
health; healthy; sound; fit
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
main battery; main armament; best hitter; center of the offense
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
making practical; making useful; implementing
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently