finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
world economy; international economy
patriotic feelings; patriotism
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
MI5 (from Military Intelligence Section 5); Security Service (UK)
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
tight; tight skirt; straight skirt
high heels; high-heeled shoes
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
off the shoulder (e.g. top, dress, etc.)
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
good prospects; full of hope; promising
streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
grotesque; disgusting; gross
dugong (Dugong dugon); sea pig
aquatic animal; aquatic fauna
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
branchial respiration (breathing using gills)
preservation; retainment; keeping
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
conveyor belt; belt conveyor
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes