comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
process; course; mechanism
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
for example; for instance; e.g.
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties
guaranteed; authentic; certified
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
troops; group members; team members
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
leader of a delegation (body, party)
village; hamlet; countryside; country
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
chief of the general staff
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
(college) president; secretary-general
members; member; constituent
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
ordinary citizen; the general public
having said that; on the other hand
property; fortune; assets
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
rate; late; rating; ranking
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
form; method; system; formula
allotment; apportionment; share; dividend
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance