securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
(national) capital (city); metropolis
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
absence; disregard; indifference
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to get between; to be caught in
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to concern; to be related
material for experiments; experimental material
name; given name; first name
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)