finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
comparison; something worthy of comparison
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
Dostoevskii; Dostoyevskii
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
abandoning; giving up; quitting
activist; campaigner; crusader (e.g. for women's rights); athlete; sporty person
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
androgynous; gender-neutral
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
proper; full time (staff); career (job title) (e.g. someone who has worked in the same area from the start); regular price; net price
interview (e.g. for a job)
firmly rooted; deep-seated
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
left-hand radical of a character
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
something like ...; something called ...
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
name; given name; first name
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
point by point; article by article
voluminous work; bulky volume; tome; great work; masterpiece; magnum opus
modern; up-to-date; art nouveau; Beaujolais nouveau (wine)
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
(instruction) manual; handbook
utmost limit; extremity; result
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
the reason is that ...; because
several sheets (flat objects)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
advertiser; advertising sponsor
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
advertising section; classified ads; advertisement column; advertising space
largest class; top category