mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
another school; other schools
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
connection; link; relationship
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
periodic; regular; routine
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
incident; affair; happening; event
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare