system; institution; organization; organisation
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
many; much; plenty; hardly
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to be saved up (of money)
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to take over; to hand over
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
light; right; right field; right fielder
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
failure; mistake; blunder
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling