great; grand; extensive; large-scale
matter of time; question of time
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
estimate (of costs); budget
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
in a quarrel, both parties are to blame
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
pale; pallid; bluish-white
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
decomposition; ulceration
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword