haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
succession struggle; succession race
intensification; aggravation
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
being startled; getting a shock
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
in the midst of the enemy
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
forgetful; oblivious of; negligent
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
mobilization; mobilisation
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
general contractor; main contractor; major construction company
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
last week; the week before
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
hills and fields; countryside
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
level ground; horizon; field of view
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall