best (highest) record; new record
data collecting party; news crew
man of the hour; woman of the hour
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
nightlife districts; drinking districts
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
good at fighting; usually wins a fight
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
incremental difference (e.g. between files); "diff"; difference; subtraction; (finite) differences
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
military physician or surgeon
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
pre-war days; before the war
retirement at one's own request
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)