utility; (actual) profit; actual benefit; material gain
almighty; highest valued card (e.g. ace of spades); wild card
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
hard to get; hard to come by
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
instead; but (on the other hand)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
literature; books (reference); document
innumerably; countlessly; (lit.) as abundant as stars
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
same; similar; (just) like; equal
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
event; phenomenon; matter
change; alteration; modification
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
contract; compact; agreement
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
firm; strong; solid; stable
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
tedious; boring; being fed up with
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)