stealthily; secretly; in secret
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
number of votes polled; poll votes
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to correct oneself; to restate
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
legalization; legalisation
even more; still more; further
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
older brother and younger sister
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
bribe; sweetener; douceur
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray