flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; secretary-general; director; leader (esp. of a biker gang)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to kill; to choke the life out of
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
adviser; advisor; counselor; counsellor
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
detached; aloof; indifferent
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
to abandon; to leave behind
council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
approval; license; licence; permission
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
auxiliary; supplementary; subsidiary; ancillary
outpatient care; ambulatory care
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
criticism; critique; review; commentary
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
president (of a society); chairman