tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
reassessment; reappraisal; reevaluation; revaluation
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
chestnut (horse coat color)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
way; method; means; resource; course
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
elder sister; effeminate man
annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)
way; course; the only way
superior; excellent; fine
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
siblings; brothers and sisters
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
true character; real nature
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable