apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
(essential) utilities; lifeline
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
publish; start (new) publication
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
criticism; commentary; review
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
relatively; comparatively
if it is the case that ...
your views; your opinion; great idea; excellent idea
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
cease-fire; truce; armistice
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
extemporary; improvised; extemporaneous