mock exam; practice exam; practice test
time; season; period; phase; stage
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to be surprised; to be astonished
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
chance (of success); odds
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to be able to manage somehow or another
getting an advance (on one's salary)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
misfortunes never come singly
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
just because; even if; even though
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down