preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
reduction of expenditure; reduction of expenses; cost reduction; cost-cutting
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to scrape off; to plane off
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
settlement; permanent residency
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
mind-set change; changing one's way of thinking; attitude reform
small number; few; minority
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
purging (data); purge (esp. of public officials)
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
to narrow; to reduce; to contract