crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
settlement; conclusion; summary
longed-for; anxiously awaited
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
terrorist organization; terrorist organisation
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
route map (buses, trains, etc.)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
nonchalant air; unruffled air
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
now that; since; as long as; provided that
starting (construction) work
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle