antiquity; the previous era
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
company; corporation; workplace
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
long ago; a long time ago; already
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
(political) power; authority; influence
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
willpower; energy; vitality
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
than; from; out of; except; but; more
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
in name only; titular; nominal
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
future (usually near); prospects
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over