at any cost; at any price; at any expense
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
in terms of; from the point of view of
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
what kind of business; what sort of matter
rapid development; rapid unfolding
urban area; urban district
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
messenger; envoy; emissary
visualization; visualisation
school education; formal education
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
casting; founding; minting
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
a good workman does not blame his tools
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
loitering; hanging around; wandering around