undeveloped country; third world country
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to put on airs; to assume importance
February; second month of the lunar calendar
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
maneuvering ground; manoeuvering ground
extermination; annihilation
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
cooperation; collaboration
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
objection; dissent; protest
to breathe out; to exhale
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
measuring instrument; instrumentation
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)