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
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
mist form; atomized form; spray (form)
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
that kind of; that sort of; that; like that; in that way; so
to freeze; to freeze over
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
gross; disgusting; sickening
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
Britain (island); Great Britain
(with just a) small amount; a bit; only a little
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
falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
just managing; with great difficulty
mortal enemy; sworn enemy; nemesis
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
rebirth; new birth; nascent
rejection; negation; voting down
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
central nervous system; CNS
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics