1) “Heart of Darkness”
full text: http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/ConDark.html
2) to wither
BUT: whither
3) eagle-eyed
4) scrutiny/to scrutinize
5) to swoop on
cf.
at/in one fell swoop
6) the prey/to prey (on)
cf. fall prey to/bird of prey
7) to put to shame
8) sleuth/sleuthing
BUT: sluice
9) Mayfair hotel: “Mayfair”:www.touruk.co.uk/london_mayfair/london_mayfair.htm
10) ludicrous
11) elongated stretch limo (or: stretch limousine)
12) smoked glass window
13) to draw up (here: “a car draws
up”)
14) instantly (“instant coffee”)
15) for once
16) quarry (2x)
17) to elude/elusive
18) populist tycoon in leisure, services and showbiz
19) to take centre stage
20) to emerge as
21) the driving force
22) the/its old deference to [to defer - to delay/to defer to: to agree to
accept]
23) to bow [bau] and scrape
distinguish
carefully between: to bow/the bow [bau] and the
bow
24) the masters of the market place
25) stronger bonds than
26) steely detachment
cf.
(semi-)detached house
27) to strip away
28) the screens that surround
cf. smoke screen
29) titled bankers
30) Lombard Street boardroom. “Lombard Street”:www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/lombard_street_6aa.html
31) mogul (cf. tycoon #16 above!)
32) quest cf.
the Quest for the Holy Grail
33) to coincide with
34) taxing (here!)
35) (to see the new) lie of the land
36) late in the composition of
37) to submit evidence
38) the Hutton inquiry
39) lit up the concealed pathways of power
40) like flares in the night sky
41) nous [ “nu:s” ] [from
Greek nous: mind, intellect]
BUT:
noose [!]
42) to thread sth. through sth. else
43) to devastating effect
44) actually (false friend)
45) unaccountable (here!)
46) Number 10 (check also for Number
11 !): "Downing Street": http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp
47) disclosure
cf. to disclose/undisclosed (word list
4, #9)
48) to have (or: to catch) a glimpse of
49) his own trade
50) to come in for (a drubbing/criticism etc.)
51) pundit
52) to make or break
cf. make or mar (word list 1, #34)
53) to elicit [here:
fear and dislike; also: comment,
response, sympathy etc.]
54) with sth. goes sth.
Else
55) a very meagre appetite for
cf. meagre/meagre (word list 4, #10)
56) to subject sb./sth. to sth.
57) mocking analysis
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