one's first campaign; one's first battle
series of battles; successive battles
to rank next to; to come after
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
lightly; easily; carelessly
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
study; pursuit of knowledge
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to need; to call for; to require
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
university graduate; college graduate
specialization; specialisation
proficiency level; degree of skill; learning level
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to make use of; to lend money
proletariat; lower classes
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
clergyman; churchman; clergy
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
one or two; a few; small number
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration