legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
way; method; means; resource; course
program (e.g. TV); programme
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
to peel; to skin; to pare
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
master; teacher; stable master
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
midwinter; dead of winter
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
completion; perfection; accomplishment