huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
intellectual crime; white-collar crime; intellectual criminal; smart criminal
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
without thinking of the consequences
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
self-justification; excuse
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
innocence; being not guilty
affidavit; deposition; testimony
social; societal; societary
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
taxpayers' (precious) money; hard-earned tax money; heavy tax; conscription; compulsory military service
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
power of the state; government authority
(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
government worker; public servant; civil servant
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
lately; recently; nowadays
results-oriented approach; resultism; belief in results
combined living room, dining room and kitchen
built-in kitchen; integrated kitchen system