libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
pompom; pompon; pom-pom; pom-pon
while alive; during one's lifetime
weak (organization, organisation)
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
outbreak (of war or disease)
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
study group; study meeting
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
this and that; one thing and another
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
mockery; derision; ridicule
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
constant quarreling; constant quarrelling; bickering; wrangling
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
organization name; organisation name
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
act of terror; act of terrorism
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed