time; season; period; phase; stage
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
at that time; in those days
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
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
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
almost; roughly; approximately
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)
so what!; who gives a damn?
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
go that far; to that extent
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
time; hour; period; class
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
that is to say; so that means
to talk; to chat; to chatter
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
for example; for instance; e.g.