to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
surroundings; environs; circumference
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
at that time; in those days
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
hydroelectric plant or power station
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
recovery; rescue; recapture
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
power plant; power station
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
green light; (giving) permission; OK
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
one thin flat object; one sheet
unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden