positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
have a good day; take care; see you
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to encamp; to take up positions
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
instead; but (on the other hand)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
grandpa; grampa; grandfather
remembrance; recollection; recognition
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
agricultural land; farmland
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to talk to oneself; to mutter
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
invitation; introduction; temptation
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment