to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
morning and evening; all the time; always; every day
to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
notice; attention; observation
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
deliberation; discussion; consideration
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
hooting; jeering; heckling
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
interruption; suspension; break
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
number-withheld phone calls
incoming telephone call; telegram received
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?