prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
application; request; petition
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
myself; yourself; I; me; you
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
nothing but; except; no more than
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
every year; yearly; annually
several hundred; hundreds (of)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
how many years; how long; what year
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
how; in what way; how about
genuine article; real thing; real deal
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation