clearing one's throat; cough
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
control; management (e.g. of a business)
death rate; mortality rate
the other day; a few days ago
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
destabilization; destabilisation
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
development; exploitation
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
nod; inclination of the head
to invite in; to show someone in
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously