cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
salvation of one's country
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
wizard; genius; remarkable talent; exceptional ability
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
occupation; calling; livelihood
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
good-quality; superior in quality
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
this sort of; this type of
to have one's name entered (in a list)
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
to move out (of); to leave; to vacate
to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to be remembered; to go down in history
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
saying goodbye (to); bidding farewell (to); breaking off (with); farewell; goodbye; adieu
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to trace back to (the origins of something)
to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)