securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
success or failure; outcome; result
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
lumbar vertebra; lumbar vertebrae
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
physique; physical standard; physical condition; posture; (body) position; sexual position
to change (one's clothes)
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
past forty; following right course
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
to live; to make a living; to get on with
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
clerk; office worker; office staff
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
music school; music academy; conservatory
to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol
decision; determination; resolution
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
crushed stone; macadam; crushing (rock)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
programme; program; plans; arrangements
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to push down; to press down; to force down; to depress
above; going steadily upward
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
excavation (esp. of a tunnel); drivage