government; administration
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to have a talk; to tell a story
to concern; to be related
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing