short supply; supply shortage
by means of; due to; because of; according to
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
material; materials; data; information; documents
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
3rd day of the month; three days
departure; leaving; setting off
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
wheel coming off; going off the shoulder (of a road); derailing
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule