envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to quit one's job; to resign
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
dealing with; coping with
building time; construction period
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
endurance; perseverance; patience
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
innumerable; countless; numberless
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to attempt; to test; to try out
but; however; provided that
leaving everything to someone else
new graduate; recent graduate
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful