boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
matter of time; question of time
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
small number; few; minority
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
without omission; in full
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
tedious; boring; being fed up with
contest; comparison; competition
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
survival; survivor; relic
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
thorough; exhaustive; complete
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
secrecy; highly classified information
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
medical experiment on a living person or animal