aging process; ageing process
complete book; complete set; treatise
at that (very) moment; just then
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to carry something into a place
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to wash again; to reconsider
irregular; indeterminate; tramp (steamer)
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
very recently; in the very recent past
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
the relation of master to servant