to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
considerably; fairly; quite
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
half and half; fifty-fifty
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
exemption; exoneration; discharge
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
training; education; development; cultivation
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
originally; by nature; from the start
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
ordinary citizen; the general public
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
explanation; interpretation
on the occasion of; at the time of
financials; on the funding (capital) side
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual