important; momentous; essential; principal; major
district; section; sector
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
commencing with; including
casualties; the killed and wounded
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
just one person; only one
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
headquarters; head office; main office
standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to be too late; to be too slow
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
antsy; agitated; irritated; anxious; vexed
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to shed light; to cast light
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain