thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
putting into operation; invocation
two times; twice; two degrees
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to entrust; to leave to a person
physical work; manual labour (labor)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
reopening; resumption; restarting
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to be too numerous; to be too much
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
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
event; phenomenon; matter
updating a software version; version upgrade; upgrading
change; transition; vicissitudes
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
firm; strong; solid; stable
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
real intention; true motive; true meaning
right (to do something); authority; power
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; deserted
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival