chief; main; principal; major
duty; obligation; responsibility
leaving everything up to someone else
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
automatic; intransitive verb
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
noisy; confused; uproarious
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
woman; female; feminine gender
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
factory; plant; mill; workshop
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells
ardent; passionate; vehement
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
favourite aeroplane, camera or other machine (favorite, airplane)
town; city; municipal; urban
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
main theater of war; principal battlefield
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
cooperation; coordination; link
emergency; extraordinary; unusual