to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
genuine article; real thing; real deal
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
one's assessment of the situation
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
other side; opposite side; other party
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
from the beginning; from scratch
suspension bridge; rope bridge
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
dozens; scores of; decades
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
that is to say; so that means
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
(degree of) public interest in forthcoming event or performance; advance reviews
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
unexpected result; upset; surprise
many; much; plenty; hardly
to win and advance to the next round
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to understand (each other); to comprehend