conference room; place of assembly
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
without leaving any trace
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
with a clink (click, clack)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)