personal feelings; self-interest
bureaucratic routine; red tape
government office; public office
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
(conductor's) baton; stick; perforated baton; bâton de commandement; bâton percé
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
form; method; system; formula
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
high-quality goods; choice goods
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
starting point; starting line
from the viewpoint of; according to
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
keno (casino game); kino (gum, resin); kino (cinema)
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
sour look; surly face; pout
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
flour; meal; powder; heroin
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
field; plain; prairie; moor
to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)
opposite bank; farther shore
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
running the whole distance
several times (as large, over)