leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
wise saying; famous saying
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
long; drawn-out; very long
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to become clear; to be made public
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
in the end; at the end of the day
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less