overlapping; piling; stacking
Champs-Élysées (in Paris)
mechanism; organization; organisation
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
letter; missive; note; mail
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
holiday trip; vacation trip
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
training; drill; practice; discipline
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
directly opposite; right in front
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
(social) position; status
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
3000; three thousand; many
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
as a child; when one was a child
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant