increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
stationing (troops); occupancy
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to make a lasting impression
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educational interface; the classroom; the chalkface
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to become fraught with emotion
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
one day; (on) a certain day
to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to sell off; to sell completely
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
tail (animal); tail end; tip
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
proper; appropriate; due; suitable