hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
personal affair; one's own affair
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
results; record; grades; marks
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
troublesome; annoying; complicated
in that manner; like that
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
at least; at most; (even) just
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to be the ruin of (a person)
to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
human relations; personal relationships
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly