to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
unexpected meeting; coincidence
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
wherein; therein; thereinto
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
hidden treasure; treasured article
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
enactment; establishment; creation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ago; since; before; previous
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
to use X as a selling point
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
burying in the ground; having underground deposits
considerably; fairly; quite
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted