Bucharest (Romania); București
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
perfect; complete; flawless
note (for reference); remarks; N.B.
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
stay of execution; suspended sentence
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
training; drill; practice; discipline
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
simulated experience; simulation
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now