to give directions; to issue instructions
award of excellence; merit award
military intervention; armed intervention
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
political rally; political meeting; political gathering
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
to be pleased with; to suit
(Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle; carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering)
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
difficult problem; challenge
image pick up tube; camera tube
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
apt to think; tend to think
propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection
(television) reception; receiving (a picture)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
on one's face; one's face; (arch.) meeting face-to-face; (arch.) seeing in person