to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to become vulgar; to coarsen
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
open; public; official; overt
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
repellent force; resiliency; elasticity
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
examiner (e.g. patent examiner)
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
entrant (into a country); immigrant
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
on the occasion of; at the time of
alert status; emergency alert
northeastern part; the northeast
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
the five fingers; leading five; top five
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
discrimination; discernment; identification
seamless; contiguous; unbroken; non-stop