neighboring countries; surrounding countries
at that time; in those days
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
only; merely; but; no more than
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
tenth day of the month; ten days
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
scale; scope; plan; structure
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
it is not (like that) either
death rate; mortality rate
as usual; as is one's habit
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character