Brocken spectre; Brocken bow
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
overall; general; as a whole
manipulation of information; spin
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
leader; magnate; bigwig; extremely large head
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
official business; public business
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
management of an organization; organizational management; organizational operation
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
to run around; to bustle about
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
timewise; temporal; chronal
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
public peace; public safety; public security; security police
law-like nature; regularity
whistle (sound made with the lips)
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
waiting for the (traffic) lights to change; waiting for a green signal
succeeding; following; trailing; next
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even