trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to be noteworthy; to be worthy of attention
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
disadvantageous; long (odds)
refutation; rebuttal; retort
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
go that far; to that extent
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
secretary general; chief secretary
tacit; unspoken; implicit
nod; inclination of the head
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
materials; data; document
subordinates; petty officials
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
blur; blurred; indistinct
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
secrecy; highly classified information