wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
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
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
change of course; route change; direction change
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to detain; to check; to restrain
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
individual; one by one; separate; each
broad policy; overriding principle
distant look; faraway look
to be sooty; to be stained
organizational culture; culture of an organization
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
to lose sight of; to miss
recovery; undoing; recall
state secrets; secrets of the state
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing