to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
perhaps; maybe; by some chance
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
such; like that; in that way
massing (of troops); gathering
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
every person; each one; everybody
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
hope; white hope; person of promise
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
curious; strange; unusual
in low spirits; dejected; sad
around the clock; day and night
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to fan; to incite; to instigate
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
proofreading; correction of press; calibration
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
indeed; really; truly; very much
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume