mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
provisional; temporary; tentative
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
class-A; A class; A grade
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
measurement error; calculation error
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
war; battle; match; game; competition
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
(someone else's) daughter
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to breathe out; to exhale
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
region; limits; stage; level
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back