promotion; raising of status
precondition; prerequisite
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
translated sentence; translated passage; translation; version; rendering
to be lacking in options; to be too few
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
annual (plant); first-year student
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
outside of; not covered by
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to differ; to vary; to disagree
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
settlement; solution; resolution
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
in order; in turn; one by one
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
moment by moment; hour by hour
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed