well then ...; in that situation; in which case
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
desperately; for one's dear life
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
how many months?; how long?
vague recollection; faint memory
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
pronunciation; production of sound
final; eventual; ultimate
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately