great debt of gratitude; great obligation
studies; schoolwork; classwork
enterprise; business; company; corporation
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
the reason is ...; it is because ...
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
multinational; transnational
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
patient; having a long fuse
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
covered with; stained; smeared
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to satisfy the requirements
in succession; one after another
colleagues; cronies; merry men
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
(scenic) view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
the real criminal; true culprit