to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
outside one's jurisdiction
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
much less; to say nothing of
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
up until now; as recently as the present
many; a lot; much; multitude
settlement; solution; resolution
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
something; some kind of; for some reason
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
rather; sooner; preferably
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; to feel down
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to triumph; to be elated with success
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
root; source; origin; cause
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
to grow taller (of people)
minimum; at the very least
self-torturing; masochistic
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return