absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
last week; the week before
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
since; henceforth; ever since
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
resolution; vote; decision
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
multinational; transnational
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
large number (of); many; majority
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute; conflict
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
few decades; many decades; several decades
several hundred; hundreds (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
time; hour; period; class