to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
professor; teaching; instruction
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
although; though; despite the fact that ...
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to be helpful; to be useful
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to be talked about behind one's back
research funds (expenses)
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
to play a leading role; to play a central part
taxonomy; science of classification
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
estimate (of costs); budget
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
discarding; firing (an employee)
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to have a reason; to have an excuse
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...