to cover fully; to wrap around
reaching; attaining; arrival
conference room; council room
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way
to cut and prepare (stones)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
reconnaissance plane; spy plane
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
having said that; on the other hand
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
operation; functioning; running
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
World Wide Web; WWW; World Weather Watch; WWW
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
match (to light fire with)
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
block (of wood); chip; splinter
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees