number of times; frequency; count
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
snail's pace; slow progress
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
all-time high (price, in trading); record high; new high
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
proper; right; reasonable
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
normalcy; normality; normal
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
trend; tendency; movement; attitude