narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
at all costs; whatever the price; would give anything
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
hard to get; hard to come by
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
opinion; point of view; visual point
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
shipping; shipment; forwarding
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
employee; employed person
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
construction industry; construction business
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
garbage disposal; refuse disposal; waste treatment
public works; public-works projects; public utilities