relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
accurate; correct; precise; exact
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
no!; no no!; no, not at all
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to be too numerous; to be too much
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
thousands; several thousand
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
degeneration; retrogression
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to pass (of time); to elapse
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
how; in what way; I wonder
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of