after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
having said that; be that as it may
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
main theater of war; principal battlefield
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
fixed date; settlement date
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
by sheer strength; by brute force
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
enough is enough; no further!
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to be in danger of; to be liable to
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
level; standard; water level
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to beat time; to mark time
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
representative; exemplary; model
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with