education; training; discipline
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
extravagant (spending); generous; luxurious; bubbly; bubblelike
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
infancy; childhood; tender age
counter for books; volume
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve