mass of rock; rock lump; block
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
a dime a dozen; two a penny
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
busy; having no (free) time
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
survivor's pension or annuity
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to shake; to waver; to tremble
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
research thesis; treatise
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
this (very thing); this precisely
General Staff Headquarters
a short while ago; already
parliament; congress; diet; house (of parliament, etc.); chamber
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
civilian control (of the military)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
we are innocent until proven guilty; suspicion alone is not grounds for punishment; in dubio pro reo
validity; verification; propriety