to take (be in) charge of
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
to dye; to colour; to color
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
close; intimate; on good terms
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
training; drill; practice; discipline
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to be pleased with; to suit
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
homecoming; returning home
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to come and go; to go back and forth
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
insert (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.); foldout; insertion