awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
smoothly; easily; readily
later on; eventually; afterwards
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
one cause; one reason; one factor
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
discretion; discretionary power
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
each place; various places
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to go into the minutest details
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
commander; commanding officer; CO
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade