filthy; dirty (looking); drab
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
shilling; schilling (former currency of Austria)
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
Middle Easterner (person)
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
power; might; authority; influence
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
unpublished; unreleased; not yet made public
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
jumping about; rampancy; domination
supreme council; high council; Supreme Soviet (former USSR)
readjustment; realignment
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
memory; ability to remember
transfer (of authority, power, etc.); delegation; devolution
confidentially; privately; off the record
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning