person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
natural disaster; cataclysm
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
information bureau; intelligence department
orphan; person without friends
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships
no, not like that (but like this)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor
diagnosis; medical examination
playing doctor; playing doctor and patient
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to become erect (penis, nipple, etc.); to tower (like an erection)
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
on time; on schedule; punctually
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick