female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
ability; capability; skill
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
natural; intrinsic; from birth
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
in the background; not standing out
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
even though; despite; when
system; institution; organization; organisation
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people
minimum; at the very least
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
public order; public peace; public security; law and order