first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
leaving work; clocking out
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
working adult; full-fledged member of society
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; moral duty; justification; pretext
personal bankruptcy; voluntary bankruptcy
premeditated crime; deliberate crime
university student; college student
like father, like son; (lit.) you can't fight blood
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
close attention; (watching with) keen interest
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
precocious; precocious child
(in the same way) as before; as always
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
job; work; duties; trade; skill
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
number of persons; personnel
highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to be accepted by a university
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
to be profitable; to yield a profit
reputation; respectability
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name