growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
imperial court; royal court
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
failure; mistake; blunder
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
literature; books (reference); document
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
this (very thing); this precisely
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process