bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to surround; to crowd around
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to bring; to take; to bring about
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
underworld; underside of society
to play a leading role; to play a central part
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
difficult to ...; hard to ...
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
cooperation; collaboration
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
(not so) much; (not) very
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
don't you think?; indicates question
police officer; policeman; policewoman