bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
general; popular; common; typical
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to pick up; to find; to gather
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
the said bureau; the same bureau
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to shake one's head (in denial)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
how; in what way; by what means
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
extermination; expulsion; destruction
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
side effect; adverse reaction
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to spit out; to eject; to dump
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
literally; to the letter; literal