in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
exclusive; attached to; specialist
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
flour; meal; powder; dust
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
person of common sense; common sense man
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
metre; meter; meter; gauge
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)