display; (computer) display; monitor
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
water outlet; tap; faucet
artificial intelligence; AI
article; news story; report; account
the staff; inside the department
armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea
discipline; punishment; reprimand
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
proposal; suggestion; motion; initiative
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
long time; several hours; long spell
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
distortion; falsification; perversion
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
rejection; negation; voting down
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
creation; Creation (by God)
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
manners; etiquette; polite behaviour
(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
hereabouts; around there; that area
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
more than usual; especially; particularly
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
you could say; you might say; verging on the
selective; optional; alternative
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke