unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to pass (of time); to elapse
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
final; eventual; ultimate
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
by today; before the day is over
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
reconfirmation; double check
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
contemplation; meditation
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
postwar period; period after Second World War
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
that is to say; so that means
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)