chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
review; reconsideration; revision
unimportant details; inessentials
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
to ask the opinion of (a superior)
everyday language; common parlance; vernacular
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
treatise; monograph; study; paper (scientific, technical)
irregular; indeterminate; tramp (steamer)
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
fruit(s) and vegetables; produce
type of occupation; occupational category
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
calming down; quieting down
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance