time deviation; time lag; jitter
high-technology; high-tech
criminal offense; criminal offence
to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)
career enhancement; improving one's career prospects
approximate value; approximation
leased line; private circuit; private line
Muscat (wine grape variety); Muscat (Oman)
ingrained habit; second nature
recklessly driven car; runaway vehicle
fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures
currently popular; in fashion; trendy
right of access; access permission; access right
take the opportunity to (do something else)
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism
job-related; in the course of one's work
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
(not) much; (not) very; (arch.) like this; (arch.) as a rule
volume-sales electronics retailer; electronics retail store
research division; inquiry section
with a fixed time; with a deadline
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
spot cash; cash payment; immediate payment (in cash); cash down
whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)