drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
precocity; early ripening; premature development
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
hostility; animosity; enmity
man; male; masculine gender
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
one by one; one after another; successively
efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)
action of making something; -ification
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
registration; accession; register; entry; record
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
(political) power; authority; influence
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
brier (Erica arborea); briar
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully