grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
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)
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
diversion; distraction; feint
information bureau; intelligence department
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
telecommunications; correspondence
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
research; study; investigation
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
7th day of the month; seven days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed