fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
sealing (something) inside; enclosing (with a letter, etc.)
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
eight minutes; triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticeable triangular tail)
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by
contact area (of an electrical connection)
highly directional microphone
silence; stillness; without sound
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
to scrape off; to shave off
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
companion; partner; spouse
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to go through formalities
research institute; (research) laboratory