conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
arrangement; pact; agreement
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
possession (esp. of a territory)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
stochastic; probabilistic
agricultural technology; farming techniques
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
selection; choice; option
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to play a leading role; to play a central part
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
shades of evening; dead of night
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to detain; to take into custody