gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to apologize; to apologise
(legally) incorporated educational institution
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
exemption; exoneration; discharge
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
system; institution; organization; organisation
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
personal attack; personal denunciation
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion
within; inside of; less than
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
indictment; prosecution; complaint
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
(police) detective; criminal matter
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"