name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
police officer; policeman; constable
such ... as; or some such
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
study of foreign languages; linguistics
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
major subject; special study
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
being very busy; busyness
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
many; much; plenty; hardly
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
literary woman; talented woman
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline