advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
how much; how many; however
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
influence; clout; leverage
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
conference room; council room
headquarters; head office; main office
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
talkative; loquacious; garrulous; having a large family to support; having too many mouths to feed
unauthorized; without permission; unapproved; lack of permission; absence of authorization
token (effort); something done for form's sake
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to think constantly about; to dwell on
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to be dead; to be lifeless
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
systematic; organized; organizational
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
I see; that's right; indeed
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture