to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
research area; field of research
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
PTSD; post-traumatic stress disorder
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
money tree; gold mine; cash cow; jade plant (Crassula ovata); money plant
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
conference room; council room
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
rat (esp. a laboratory rat)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
abuse; misuse; perversion
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
all eyes; public attention
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
tool; implement; means; furniture
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
thawing; defrosting; decompression (of data); extraction; unpacking
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
blank period; window period; interregnum
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to cease; to stop; to be over