to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
person who has rendered distinguished service
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
aging society; ageing society
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
ago; since; before; previous
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to need; to call for; to require
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
perfect; complete; flawless
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
working adult; full-fledged member of society
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away