vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
student in a lower grade; underclassman
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
abstention; nonparticipation
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
race (of people); type of person
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
to lose one's way; to get lost
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
dispute; argument; contention
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful