difficult to ...; hard to ...
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to make one's rounds; to patrol
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
cold reception; inhospitality
leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to complete decisively; to do to completion
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
storehouse; warehouse; godown
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
filling; packing; stuffing; filling; (dental) filling
feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
one (thing); one piece; one item
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
intelligence operative; spy
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
another time; some other time
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
disclosure; exposure; revelation
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
late at night; small hours of the morning
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
in the end; on top of that
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
to overflow from something full
covered with; stained; smeared
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...