present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
and (also); both ... and; as well as
looking or acting as if one owned the place
it's been a long time; long time no see
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
an old man's indiscretions
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
moderator; host; chairman
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
spirits (distilled beverage)
to strike dead; to beat to death
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team