placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
just because; even if; even though
resignation; acceptance; consolation
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
something like ...; something called ...
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
wrong; different; not like that
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
tens of thousands of years
few decades; many decades; several decades
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
millions; several million; a few million
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
in comparison to; rather than
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes