genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
migration; move; emigration; immigration
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
8000; eight thousand; many
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
enterprise; business; company; corporation
patent; special permission; license; licence
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening