instability; insecurity; crankiness
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
newspaper reporter; print journalist
university student; college student
healthy; sound; wholesome
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to press a question; to cross-examine
occupation forces; occupation army
change of course; changing direction; shifting position (of retreating forces); retreat
school education; formal education
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
lovers' suicide; double suicide
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
state of lethargy; absolute bewilderment; daze; mental numbness
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
carrying (child) under arm
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration