number one; first; best; most; game; round
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
had better ...; had better not ...
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
number of persons; personnel
how long; how far; how much
unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be talented; to be able
to get angry; to become perverse
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration