listening device; bug; wiretap
surveillance camera; security camera
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
how; in what way; by what means
results (of a study or investigation)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
in the meanwhile; during the time
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
nothing but; except; no more than
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
such; like that; in that way
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to be badly made; to fail
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
general idea; concept; notion
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes