small number; few; minority
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
husband and wife; married couple
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
elementary level; beginner level
operation scar; scar from an operation
major surgery; major operation
death rate; mortality rate
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
caricature; cartoon; comics
serious accident; major incident
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical