hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
various countries; various regions; various provinces
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
influence; clout; leverage
as; because; with; due to
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
one's last moments; hour of death
blunder; slip; error; error
(plain) hot water; boiled water
talk; dialogue; conversation
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
three; three years of age
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
population ageing (aging)
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
prime of one's working life
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
work experience; work history
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to act as a receptacle; to receive; to take on; to host
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
attractiveness; charm; amiability
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to feel like; to feel inclined to do