bureau director; office chief
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
examiner; investigator; inquisitor; agent
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
point in common; common feature
research division; inquiry section
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
transfer; assignment; conveyance
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
organizational capability; organisational capability
arrest; apprehension; capture
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to die; to lay down life's burden
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
ultramarine colour (color)
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
control of the air; air supremacy
excellent plan; best policy
concealment; suppression; hiding
to hide; to conceal oneself