professional education; vocational training
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
chimney sweeping (cleaning)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
together with; same; both; all; including ...
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
leisure; leisure time; spare time
to be exhausted; to be tired out
working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe
to turn towards; to point
social; societal; societary
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to look down on; to make light of
by any chance; ten thousand to one
weak constitution; ill health
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to use all one's strength (ability)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
womanly; ladylike; feminine
gain; profit; benefit; amplification