better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
than; other than; except; but
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
secret information; intelligence
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
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
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
MI6 (from Military Intelligence Section 6); Secret Intelligence Service (UK); SIS
chief (of police); head (of office)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
one thin flat object; one sheet
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
somehow; for some reason or other
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that