village; human habitation; human settlement
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
at all costs; whatever the price; would give anything
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
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
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); 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; calisthenics
shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods); delivery
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)
discretion; judgement; judgment
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
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
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
garbage disposal; refuse disposal; waste treatment
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains