retirement (from the world); seclusion
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
correction; revision; amendment
retouch; correction; improvement
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
stopping at; going no further than
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to be mad; to go mad; to go insane
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
imperial order; imperial decree
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
literal translation; direct translation
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
to like; to love; to be fond of
price; cost; value; worth; value
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
product; produce; result; fruit
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)