deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
difference; variation; difference
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
future (usually near); prospects
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
study; pursuit of knowledge
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to grow up; to become an adult
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
very much; very many; more and more
selection; choice; option
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to be silent; to say nothing
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to go out and away; to leave
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
together (with); at the same time; in a lump