passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
100,000; hundred thousand
intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
(social) position; status
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to satisfy one's appetite
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting)
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable