event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
for example; for instance; e.g.
dealing with; coping with
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
originally; by nature; from the start
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
power; authority; jurisdiction
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
truth is stranger than fiction
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
adds force or indicates command
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
system; institution; organization; organisation
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
imagination; supposition; guess
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
difficult to ...; hard to ...