useless; vain; aimless; idle
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
co-op; (consumers') cooperative
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
mental health; mental hygiene
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to drive someone out; to force someone to leave
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to go wrong; to turn for the worse
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
twice; again; second time
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
how many years; how long; what year
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to