setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
course; route; path; process; means
law-like nature; regularity
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
while; during (the time when)
period of time; time slot; time zone
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
fixed interval; fixed period
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
death rate; mortality rate
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle