severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
to quit one's job; to resign
registration; accession; register; entry; record
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
hospitalization; hospitalisation
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
as a child; when one was a child
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to get late; to advance; to wear on
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
elder sister; effeminate man
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
transplant surgery; transplant operation
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle