Vocabulary

research organization; investigative body

jet propulsion

World Cup qualifier; World Cup qualifying

reforming; reuniting; getting back together (of a band, etc.)

client list; customer list

tell-all book; revealing book; kiss-and-tell book; scandalous book

commercialization; commodification; turning (something) into a product

artists' colony; colony of artists

central station

fixed value; constant value

clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; clearer than watching a fire

aggressor; assailant; invader

endless river; boundless water

country dweller

powder-blue; powder blue

boom town; emerging city; new town

political rally; political meeting; political gathering

lycopene

(medically qualified) psychoanalyst

research material; experimental material

aftereffect; after effect

diagnosis; analysis

having gone too far to turn back

workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work

antiques; old works of art

excessive bleeding; massive bleeding

open-label (trial, study, etc.); unblinded

let's go

to be infected; to be contagious

to take up a lot of space

(eating up) quickly; in no time; gobbling up

ordination (esp. Catholic)

matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority

sacred art; religious art

emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference

pep rally

purchase price

antiking; would-be king

Arctic region; the Arctic; north polar region

light crude oil