human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
world conquest; world domination; taking over the world
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
even though; despite; when
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
several times; a few times
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to move forward; to move on