to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
cease-fire; truce; armistice
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
life imprisonment; life sentence
during imprisonment; while in jail
in addition to; apart from
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
personal; individual; private
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
recollection; reminiscence
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
to use and then throw away
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
extension and structural alteration of building
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
secrecy; highly classified information
infancy; childhood; tender age
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt