pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
trial product; prototype model
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
release; emission; ejection
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
remarkable; striking; obvious
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
compelling force; legal force
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
way; method; means; resource; course
program (e.g. TV); programme
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
to peel; to skin; to pare
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
master; teacher; stable master