duty; function; office; mission; task; role
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
to subsist; to keep on living
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
tear gland; lacrimal gland
patience; endurance; perseverance
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
odorless; odourless; unscented
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
total volume control; regulations on total allowable volumes of pollutants
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
to be too numerous; to be too much
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
virtual currency; cryptocurrency
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days