while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
(national) capital (city); metropolis
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
great hurry; great haste; rush
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances); at one's pleasure
readjustment; realignment
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
counter for flags, banners, etc.
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
aptitude; aptness; suitability
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off