you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
medium; mediocrity; average
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere