emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
dodgy dealings; monkey business
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
leisure time; idle moment
to iron; to do the ironing
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
each; (arch.) you (plural)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to be born; to come into the world
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
hard training; intensive training
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)