to lie down; to throw oneself down
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
five (long cylindrical things)
business trip; official trip
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
big leakage; uncontained leak
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
economic world; financial circles; business community
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
consumer financing firm; loan shark
present-day science; modern science
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
use; utilization; utilisation; application
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
one by one; in detail; minutely
situation (turn of events) being unfavorable (disadvantageous)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to pass (of time); to elapse
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate