dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
last ray of hope; only hope
station; office; guardroom
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
spray; mist (not meteorological)
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
so; to such an extent; such
to freeze; to freeze over
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
gross; disgusting; sickening
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
Britain (island); Great Britain
small amount; bit; smidgen
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
just managing; with great difficulty
one's earthly existence; living under heaven
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
rebirth; new birth; nascent
rejection; negation; voting down
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
central nervous system; CNS
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics