head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
to think too much; to be over-concerned
calling by name; designation; nomination
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
tide; current; tendency; trend
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
the other day; some time ago; recently
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
cardinal (Catholic prelate); main thing; basic thing; cardinal (color); crimson; cardinal (bird)
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to call in; to invite; to bring in
trial; trying out; giving (something) a trial
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black