liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
several years; a few years
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
objection; dissent; protest
research; study; investigation
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
price; cost; value; worth; value
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
failure; mistake; blunder
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
consumption; expenditure; spending
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)