condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
quick-witted; a flash of brilliance; great wisdom
but; however; even though; even if
support; backing; aid; assistance
that is to say; so that means
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
at that time; in those days
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
price; cost; value; worth; value
to not believe one's ears
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
on the occasion of; at the time of
one's younger days; when one was young
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
direct connection; direct link
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
cooperation; coordination; link
one large ...; a great ...
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to play a central role; to take a leading part
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull