racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
in the meanwhile; during the time
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
district; section; sector
school rules; school regulations
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
wherein; therein; thereinto
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
rest; break; recess; intermission
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
timewasting; killing time
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to die; to lay down life's burden
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to outrun; to run through to the end
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to use up all one's strength
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to