acceleration; speeding up
adds force or indicates command
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
older sister; elder sister
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to bring; to take; to bring about
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
singularity; singular point
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
process; course; mechanism
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also