available; enabled; can be used; may be used
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
selection; choice; option
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
unprecedented; record-breaking
type of occupation; occupational category
person willing to take on a role; willing candidate
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
newly appointed; inaugural
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
like that; that way; thus
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
binoculars; field glasses