productive; constructive; meaningful
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
financial derivative; derivative
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
untreated; left unattended (to); still to be dealt with; unprocessed
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
American dollar; United States dollar; US dollar
flan (baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case); flan; crème caramel; caramel custard
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
omniscience and omnipotence
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
change in the law; legal reform
current value; price; market value
on the occasion of; at the time of
group; bunch; crowd; group
based on; on the basis of
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
rate of increase (e.g. prices); rate of climb (e.g. aircraft)
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly