senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
modesty; humility; being humble
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
special promotion (in rank or grade)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
chair; stool; post; office; position
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
in that way; thus; so; so?
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
something like ...; something called ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
unsettled; pending; unresolved
postwar period; period after Second World War
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to take over; to hand over
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to take command; to give direction
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need