rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
terrified; horrified; trembling with fear
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
pursuit of profits; profit-seeking
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
lamentation; deploring; admiration; praise
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
international; diplomatic intercourse
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
arbitrary decision; using one's own discretion; acting on one's own authority
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to brush gently; to stroke; to caress
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
observation; survey; watching
picture of the world; world picture; image of the world; Weltbild
to arrange; to agree (on); to prearrange
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
committal; reference; submission (e.g. to committee); commitment
soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
spot; point; place; position
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
the same; the said; likewise