to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(public) peace; stability; tranquility; tranquillity
conviction; belief; confidence
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
sense of values; values; value system
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
performance of one's official duties
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
back (of a chair); backrest
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to complain; to lodge a complaint
study; pursuit of knowledge