number of persons; personnel
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
just because; even if; even though
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
place; situation; position; location
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
riskiness; (level of) danger
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
something like ...; something called ...
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
neighbourhood; neighborhood
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
that kind; competition; match
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
staff member; station employee; official
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
please; somehow or other; one way or another
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?