a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
last week; the week before
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
all; everyone; everybody; everything
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
very popular; highly favoured
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
coexistence; living together
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
eagle (Accipitridae family)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
degree of familiarity; popularity
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
change; alteration; modification
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
probability; likelihood; chances
notice; attention; observation
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
everyone at once; everyone together
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded