work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
birth; creation; formation
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
massing (of troops); gathering
colonization; colonisation
commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
good prospects; full of hope; promising
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
military-industrial complex
front; frontage; facade; main
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)
(your) daughter; young woman
head; chief; boss; leader
elopement; running away with a lover
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
to try and do something; to attempt to do something