one's place of appointment; one's post
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
direct control; direct supervision
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
illegal construction; illegally built house
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
waste material; waste; useless article; discarded article; refuse; trash
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
structural mechanics; theory of structures
one example of (when there are more examples)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
presumption; assumption; estimation
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)