fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
bygones; the past; past event
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
environment; circumstance
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
upper floor (of a building)
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
early (days); initial stage; initial
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit