matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
forced to use; forced into a position
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
while alive; during one's lifetime
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
natural; reasonable; understandable
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
to sell off; to sell completely
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
minimum; lowest; minimal; least