treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
fresh out of (college, high school, etc.); just out (e.g. of a book); first of the season (e.g. apples)
group; party; team; squad; section
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to clamber up; to climb up
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; nested structure; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted by a parent of a deceased child
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
unexplained fever in an infant (in the past believed to be related to intellectual development); teething fever; (lit.) wisdom fever; fever that comes from using one's head too much
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
bipartite; in two parts; double
cut wound; incised wound; knife wound
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
to be touching; to be moving
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
bravery; courage; heroism
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles; (arch.) man and woman walking together; (arch.) couple walking together
mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; (lit.) mixture of precious gems and common rocks
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize