supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
that's the way it is; such is life
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
progress; advance; improvement; development
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
retrogression; degeneration; deterioration
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
way (of doing); manner; method; means
near; close by; within reach; familiar
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
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)
everywhere; all over; throughout
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
world economy; international economy
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
about; concerning; as to; regarding
curtailment of operations
factory closure; factory shutdown; lockout (e.g. during industrial dispute)
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
base; substrate; substratum
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
while; even though; despite
quantitative; concerning the quantity