den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
transport; transportation
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
smelting furnace; blast furnace
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
large number (of); many; majority
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
number of persons; personnel
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
by all means; by all costs
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
under-the-table payoff; offer of an illegal profit
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
briskly; quickly; promptly
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
position; location; base; point; site
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
slope; slanting surface; bevel
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)