(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
working generation; people still working
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
dictatorship; despotic government
to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to swallow one's tears; to choke back one's tears; to hold back one's disappointment; to suppress one's mortification
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
unqualified; without qualifications
to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race); to pass the baton; to hand on the torch
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
step-up; advance; progress; increase
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
next season (esp. in sports); next year
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)
place where one works; team to which one belongs; place of employment
graduation ceremony; commencement