to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
tax revenue; tax revenues
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to
gray or silver haired (grey)
secretary (government); director; chief
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to kill; to choke the life out of
way of speaking; intimation
the present regime; the existing regime
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
main question; real issue at hand
possible; likely; probable
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)