operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
breakthrough; great discovery
thorough; exhaustive; complete
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
sword; blade; single stroke
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
extremists; radicals; militants
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
operation; functioning; running
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
righteousness; justice; right
puppeteering; practical effects
encryption; encoding; encipherment
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
transmission and reception; sending and receiving
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
mineral vein; underground water channel
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
on the occasion of; at the time of
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
product; produce; result; fruit
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
input; (data) entry; typing
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat