formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
rebellious phase; rebellious age
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
practical; realistic; pragmatic
applications; uses; how to operate; operation procedures
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
distant land; remote location; distant province
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
folding; collapsible; telescopic
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
although; but; even though; I wish that
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
time; hour; season; time of the year
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
empirical; from experience
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!