use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
appointment; rendezvous; date
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
(another's) daughter; young lady
change of job; change of occupation; career change
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
contract; compact; agreement
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
contrived; false-sounding
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute; conflict
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
war situation; progress of a battle