to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
diagnosis; medical examination
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
frequency (of occurrence)
only recently; just of late
intensification; aggravation
real image; real form; real-life image; true picture
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
in one's own way or style
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something