Prague Spring (1968 reform movement in Czechoslovakia)
tank (military vehicle); chariot
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
incendiary bomb; firebomb
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
tracing back; retroactivity
talking about (behind one's back); backbiting
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
to put to trial; to argue in court
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
internment; detainment; detention
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
Haltman; Hartman; Hartmann
anticommunism; anti-communism
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
antsy; agitated; irritated; anxious; vexed
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player