landing; alighting; touch down
breeding; raising; rearing
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
main theater of war; principal battlefield
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
gem; jewel; precious stone
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
education; training; discipline
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
enemy territory; hostile place
monolith; large slab of rock
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to be all out; to exhaust
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality