magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
acceleration; speeding up
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
serious; severe; grave; acute
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
(period of) a year; during an era
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
reduction by half; halving
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to be too numerous; to be too much