last week; the week before
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
female high-school student
(crime of) abandonment of a corpse; abandoning a dead body
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
article; news story; report; account
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to attack; to assault; to assail
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
comments section (on a blog, website, application, etc.); comment field
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
sympathy; compassion; pity
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
how many people; a number of people
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement