to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
second (supplementary) sound channel
fluent (in a language); flowing
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
legislative bill; measure; agenda item
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
coming and going; commuting
ostensible (surface) reason
infant; baby; little child
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
price; cost; value; worth; value
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
summer vacation; summer holiday
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
study; diligence; discount; reduction
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to subsist; to keep on living
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
private tutor; coach; governess
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability