cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
unnecessary; unneeded; useless; having nothing to do; unoccupied; idle
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
economic strength; economic power; economic might
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
economic warfare; economic war
piece of evidence; evidence
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
(one's efforts) not being enough; not succeeding (despite one's best efforts); not being up to the task; being beyond one's ability
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to prove one's innocence; to clear oneself of a false accusation
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer