optimization; optimisation
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
last century; previous century; ancient times; old times
to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken
profound; deep; unfathomable; esoteric
organic matter; organic compound
origin; beginning; source
superconductivity; super-conductivity
conception; fertilization; fertilisation
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
deification; apotheosis; wondrous change; great moral influence
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy; softening; release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)
to satisfy the requirements
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
just because; even if; even though
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
forcefulness of speech; influential voice