method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
crude wood (i.e. with many knots)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
professor; teaching; instruction
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)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
cosmo-chemistry; space science
mechanism; organization; organisation
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
name; given name; first name
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
company; corporation; workplace
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank