imagination; supposition; guess
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
unloading (a ship); landing; disembarkation
anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam); collection of hypothetical questions and answers
such; this sort of; like this
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
should; must; -able; probably; likely
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
registration; accession; register; entry; record
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
interception; monitoring; tapping
always-on connection (esp. to the Internet)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
encryption; encipherment; password protection
ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch
society; public; community; social studies
relation; connection; relevance
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead