the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
the ways of the world; human nature
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
to advance construction; to proceed with construction
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
from the beginning; from scratch
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
most part; greater part; majority
capital strength (of an enterprise)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up