year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
accurate; correct; precise; exact
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
epidemic; plague; pestilence
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
fifth day of the month; five days
sixth day of the month; six days
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
grasp; catch; understanding
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
worst; worst-case (scenario)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst