to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to feel depressed; to be down
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
science and technology; technology; scientific techniques
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
worldwide; common to the whole world; universal
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
internal conditions; true state of affairs
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
lack of uniformity; unevenness; inequality; heterogeneous; nonuniform
as if it weren't already enough; to an extreme degree; to excess; more than enough
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
captain (of a midget submarine, torpedo boat, etc.); skipper (of a small boat); coxswain; length of a boat
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
resolute; determined; bold
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to misplace; to put in the wrong place; to make a mistake in deciding the winner
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
retort; back talk; backchat
tedious; boring; being fed up with
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
student (esp. a university student)
boarding house; residence hall; dormitory
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
construction at top speed