expenditure; disbursement; expenses
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
number of times; frequency; count
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
rival candidate; opposing candidate
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
topic of discussion; agenda
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...