investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
sincerity; true heart; devotion
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
besides; in addition; also; moreover
clerk; office worker; kulak
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
technical training; professional education
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
elective subject or course
relation; connection; relevance
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
selection; choice; picking out
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
point in common; common feature
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
individual; private person; personal; private
interception; monitoring; tapping
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent