lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
every person; each one; everybody
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
under development; in development
treating (someone) like an object
to affect; to impact; to influence
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to pick a fight; to find fault
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
financial muscle; economic clout
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
concession; conciliation; compromise
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
another; different; something else
valuable article; valuables
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
having said that; on the other hand
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate