annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
only; merely; but; no more than
already; now; no longer; not any more
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
scale; scope; plan; structure
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
server outage; server failure; server crash
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
(not) even once; (not) ever
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
way (of doing); manner; method; means
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
government; administration; ministry
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
to collect; to assemble; to gather
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
even though; despite; when
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre