small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
town; city; municipal; urban
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
at once; immediately; right now
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
major war; great war; world war
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
huh; I'll be damned; well!
what do you want?; can I help you?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to