frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
as (for); for; in the capacity of
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
turmoil; chaos; confusion
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim