assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
confidence; trust; faith; credit
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
both (people); the two of them
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
but; however; provided that
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to change completely; to change suddenly
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
how much; how many; to what extent
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
speech; expression; wording; language
training; drill; practice; discipline
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
individual; private person; personal; natural person
club activities; extracurricular activities
rather than; more ... than ...
influential person; man of importance
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
president (of a society); chairman
common people; ordinary people; masses
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
one large ...; a great ...
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden