men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
adds force or indicates command
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
more than usual; especially; particularly
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
society; public; community; social studies
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
aggression; invasion; raid
heading; headline; index; headword
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
reaching; attaining; arrival
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
secret; private; surreptitious
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
scale; scope; plan; structure