stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
many; much; plenty; hardly
third day of the month; three days
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
orphan; person without friends
three; three years of age
sterilization; sterilisation
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
excessive; too much; unreasonable
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to be forward; to be impertinent
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
small change; coins; small sum of money
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
unexpectedly; surprisingly
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
immediately; at once; instantly
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
trial; judgement; judgment
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by