abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
to waste time; to kill time
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
Le petit prince (by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry); The Little Prince
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to grow up; to become an adult
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to read (a book, etc.) over again
solitude; loneliness; isolation
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
supporting role (actor); minor role
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
considerably; greatly; a lot
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
departure (from a base); takeoff; launch; starting (to move; of a car); start; moving off
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
at least; at most; (even) just
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
the last moment; the very end