ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
overcrowding; crowded; congestion
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
deep emotion; strong feelings
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
acceleration; speeding up
start-up company; venture business
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
function; facility; faculty; feature
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction