the slightest bit of room; (lit.) room to stand a gimlet (on its end)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
each individual; each person
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
indicate reason; infers some protest
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
party; set; gang; company; person
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
standing tall; towering; soaring
novel; original; new; innovative
birth; creation; formation
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
rationality; reasonableness
intelligence; intellect; brains
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
drawing and manual arts (school subject)
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)