to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course
constitution; rules; regulation
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
society; public; community; social studies
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
power of the state; national sovereignty; sovereign rights
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
departure; leaving; going away; recession
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to try everything; to leave no stone unturned
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
creation; Creation (by God)
at a stroke; with a single swoop
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
in person; personally; directly