having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
preface; introduction; preamble
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
technique; art; skill; move
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
sincere; earnest; serious
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
control; management (e.g. of a business)
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)