business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to challenge (a person) to a fight
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
pascal (unit of pressure); PASCAL (language); Pascal (Blaise)
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
benefiting from the fame or influence of a parent; riding a parent's coat-tails
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
exemption from military service; draft exemption
exemption; exoneration; discharge
financial world; business circles
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
(find) common (meeting) ground
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
boastful speech; bragging
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
planner; drafter; deviser
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
very young; little; childish; immature
back off!; leave me alone!
newspaper report; press reporting
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
rank (of troops); file; column; formation