stability; security; equilibrium
first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
very; extremely; excessively
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
daytime; noon period of the day; matinee
to grow; to develop; to grow up
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
previous ruler; ancestors
one's husband; one's wife
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
besides; moreover; in addition
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
black and white; right and wrong
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation