pleased to make your acquaintance
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street); (lucky) find; piece of good luck; windfall
spirits (distilled beverage); spirit
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
large tax increase; tax hike
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
having a garden; with a garden
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
small mustache; short mustache
middle-aged spread; weight put on in middle age
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
one's (living) environment
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
toast; congratulatory cup
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
to anticipate; to foresee
cabinet (of a government); ministry