to get bogged down in details
11bog — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an area of wet muddy ground that you can sink into compare marsh, swamp 1 2 (C) BrE slang a toilet 2 verb bog sb down phrasal verb (T) 1 to become too involved in thinking about or dealing with one particular thing (+ in): Don t… …
12Capital ship — The capital ships of a navy are its important warships; the ones with the heaviest firepower and armor. There is usually no formal criterion for the classification, but it is a useful concept when thinking about strategy, for instance to compare… …
13Factions of Halo — The Halo video game and media franchise takes place in a science fiction universe, where there are four major factions players encounter or control. Halo s story has 26th century humanity, led by the United Nations Space Command (UNSC), caught in …
14Music from Free Creek — is an album from a series of 1969 super session recordings by Free Creek, a group composed of a number of internationally renowned musical artists of the time, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Emerson, Mitch Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt.… …
15United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
16international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
17Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
18Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …
19France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
20Western Theater of the American Civil War — Western Theater Overview (1861–1865)   Confederate …
