careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
general mobilization; general mobilisation
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
everyone at once; everyone together
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
one's own army; one's own team
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
to run a shop; to have a shop
nose for profit; commercial spirit; flair for making money through business
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
older person with more life experience
to do for (the sake of someone else)
free (of charge); gratuitous
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
great man; hero; master mind
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
spring break; spring vacation
life; living; I; me; student
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism