standard; set; routine; decided
sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
technology; technique; technical
conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
disclosure; exposure; revelation
long slits (esp. of eyes)
yes it is!; it surely is; certainly
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
to grumble about something (trivial)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
whole story; full picture; full particulars
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
refinement; narrowing-down
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
to give the stamp of approval
stability; security; equilibrium
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
first thing in the morning
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
inattention; absent-mindedness
cooking; food preparation
again (and again); once again; yet again
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water