monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
rationality; reasonableness
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
intelligence; intellect; brains
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
drawing and manual arts (school subject); arts and crafts
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
mistaken arrest; arrest based on misidentification
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
per person; per capita; per head
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress
little by little; bit by bit
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
closest to pin; being very close (to succeeding); just missing (the mark); almost making it
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
good policy; wise policy; best plan
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
loading on top; piling on top; upper load; adding (to); increase (in quantity); additional amount