800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
small number; few; minority
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
orders; instructions; directive; command
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
this and that; one thing and another
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
use; utilization; utilisation; application
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
commander; commanding officer; CO
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to snatch from; to steal from
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
unexpectedly; surprisingly
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to do for (the sake of someone else)