to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
killing time; staving off boredom
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
monad; monad (in category theory); monad (in functional programming)
creation; Creation (by God)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
administrative ability; managerial ability; ability to manage; administrative capacity
oversight; omission; mistake
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
authority; power; function
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
beyond human understanding
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with