progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
Pau (France); Poe; Po (river in Italy)
(entering into) nirvana; died; silent; tranquil
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
item; article; dish; course; finest item
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; to stun; to amaze
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.); attraction
guidance; leadership; leading the way
successively; one after another
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
two by two; by twos; as a couple; in pairs
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)