service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
succession to another's professional name
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
forcibly; against one's will
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
death from prostration; death from emaciation
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
never ceasing; never ending; endless
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
tendency; trend; inclination
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
not a little; not a few; considerable
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment