factory; plant; mill; workshop
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
article; thing; object; property; real estate
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
to dispose of; to sell off
money in one's possession
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
matter of hit-and-miss; mix of success and failure; variation (in quality, returns, etc.)
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
(seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor)
synchronization; synchronized swimming
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
audience; spectator; spectators
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
barrette; hair clasp; hair slide
as; because; with; due to
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
clapping and cheering; applause
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over