increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
having gone too far to turn back
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
then; and (then); in that case; if so
revue dance performed in a line; line dance
behavior; behaviour; deportment
official regulations; inner rules
alternately; by turns; in turn; one after the other
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
to take a solid stance; to put one's back in it; to exert oneself
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
discriminatory; discriminative
careless remark; incriminating remark; unfortunate statement; slip of the tongue
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
visualization (of data, results, etc.); visualisation; making visible (something that was previously unseen); recording (a police interrogation)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
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