listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
ability; capability; competence; skill
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
continuation; succession; series
four (long cylindrical things)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
piece; fragment; one (object)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
frame; framework; outline
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles