with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
mobilization; mobilisation
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
famous school or university
home area; home town; local
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
every year; yearly; annually
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
construction; establishment
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
superior; excellent; fine
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
based on; on the basis of
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to make public; to bring to light
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person