circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
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
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
mass communication; mass media
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
one's own child; one's own children
future (usually near); prospects
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
marking; grading; scoring
correspondence notebook (e.g. between teacher and parents); contact notebook; communication notebook
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to entrust; to leave to a person
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
emotional care; emotional support; caring for somebody's mental well-being
employment (long term); hire
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
after school (at the end of the day)
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession