high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
food and drink; eating and drinking
postponement; deferment; adjournment
but; however; provided that
being under military occupation
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
(coil) spring; spring (season); light overcoat (worn in spring and autumn); topcoat
outsider; layman; amateur
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to look down on; to make light of
middle class; bourgeoisie
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
sincere; honest; faithful
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
irresponsible; blithe; heedless; devil-may-care; sloppy; slipshod
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
to stir well; to mix thoroughly; to interrupt (with a joke, sarcastic remark, etc.); to butt in (with a facetious comment); to make fun of (what someone says)
to become better; to improve
revision (of text); alteration; change
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
national; founded and run by the central government
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary