negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
button (clothing); push-button
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to search for; to seek for; to look for
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to lose sight of; to miss
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
private citizen; civilian
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
failure; mistake; blunder
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
silence; stillness; quietness
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
all around; as far as the eye can see
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
high-pitched tone; soprano
sound source; sound generator; tone generator
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to speak; to hear a voice
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage