to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
to leave word; to leave a message
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
how long; how much; to what extent
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
military personnel; soldier
to be embarrassed for a reply
exactly as stated; verbatim
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
several times; once or twice
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification
second (unit of time); arc second
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
maintenance; preservation; improvement
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)