few decades; many decades; several decades
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
outline; summary; argument
in succession; one after another
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to get teary; to be moved to tears
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
cover; mantle; shroud; hood; casing
circulation; dissemination
unanimous agreement; unanimity
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.); zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
singing voice; (sound of) singing
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
nobody can win against advancing age
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
athlete's oath of fair play