faculty (of a university); school; college; department
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
like this; this sort; this way
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
advantage; advantage (in soccer, rugby, etc.); advantage rule; advantage (in tennis)
to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)
successively; one after another
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
to lose one's footing; to slip
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
event; phenomenon; matter
three; three years of age
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
number of persons; personnel
keen; eager; enthusiastic; motivated; determined; positive
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
human resources; man-power resources
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
famous; noted; eminent; prominent; distinguished; celebrated
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind
president (of a university); chancellor; vice-chancellor
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
to concern; to be related
results (of a study or investigation)
being placed one upon another; piling up; superimposition; superposition; excellent; splendid
clear solution; clean decision
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels