to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
expertise; specialized knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
decrease; reduction; decline
point of reference; reference point
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
unmeasurable; impossible to measure
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work
festival merrymaking; revelry
fortune in battle; luck in war; fate as a warrior
tomorrow is another day; there's always tomorrow
hearsay; learning by hearsay
confections; sweets; candy; cake
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
rhizome; rootstalk; rootstock
agglomerate (e.g. of cells, molecules, etc.); aggregation; mass; cluster
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
maar (broad, shallow volcanic crater); marc (brandy distilled from pomace wine); marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
uninhabited island; desert island
freckle; lentigo; ephelis; (arch.) buckwheat chaff