hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
student (esp. a university student)
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
outbreak of war; starting a war
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
attacker (esp. in volleyball)
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to accept; to receive; to agree
difficult to ...; hard to ...
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
penalty kick; psychokinesis; parkour
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
tradition; legend; folklore
acolyte; adherent; follower; imitator; copycat
adherent; devotee; believer
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
environment; circumstance
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
murder; homicide; manslaughter
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
intensification; aggravation
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to win and advance to the next round
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill