maintenance; preservation; improvement
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
unfair dismissal; wrongful dismissal; unfair termination
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
decision; determination; resolution
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
not necessarily so; is not always true
trial; judgement; judgment
guilty verdict; judgment of guilty (judgement)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
to half-rise to one's feet
decision; settlement; definition
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
management; administration; operation
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
board of directors; board of trustees
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
innocence; being not guilty
reinstatement; reappointment
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
how many years; how long; what year
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
absorption; suction; attraction
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere