special fast (local) train
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
classification; assortment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in comparison to; rather than
stop (on a train's route)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
business; trade; operations; sales
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
as (for); for; in the capacity of
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
development; exploitation
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to