detached; aloof; indifferent
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
armed might; military power; the sword; force
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
boasting of one's strength
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
these guys; these fellows
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
sense of values; values; value system