automatic; intransitive verb
curtain; hanging; bunting
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to step forward; to volunteer
broad; vast; boundless; wide
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
presence; sitting with; being with
in this kind of situation
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
negotiations; discussions; connection
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
legally permitted speed; national speed limit
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
system; institution; organization; organisation
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
half a point (esp. in go)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)