main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
nature; property; disposition
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
self-torturing; masochistic
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
depression; recession; slump
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
convenient; handy; useful
rather; better; instead; if anything
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
dilettantish business; amateurish business
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to increase; to add to; to augment
lookup function; search function
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
link; directory entry; rink
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway