sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
indispensable; essential; necessary
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
severe earthquake; violent tremor
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
difficult problem; challenge
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to correct oneself; to restate
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
second (unit of time); arc second
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
so slight as to be all but non-existent
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
twice; again; second time
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to feel depressed; to be down