payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
(made of) stone; stone-built
triangle; triangular shape
construction; establishment
long-established; old-established; traditional
tight skirt; straight skirt
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
human resources; man-power resources
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
crossing water with a horse
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
defense capability (defence)
sharp sighted; easily awakened
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
deep inside; innermost place
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
not limited to; not just ...
keeping things tidy and in order
particularly; only; in the case of
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
topic of discussion; agenda
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
grey moustache; white beard
the original; original copy; script
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); chloride
watering hole; watering place