bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
on the occasion of; at the time of
precondition; prerequisite
cultivation; nurture; culture
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
thousands; several thousand
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)