recommendation; referral; endorsement
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
competent; suitable; qualified
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
job; work; duties; trade; skill
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
valuation basis; appraisal standard
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
to lead a life; to live a life
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
one day; (on) a certain day
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
input; (data) entry; typing
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
disintegration; self-destruction
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
underworld; underside of society
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted