definite; final; decisive; conclusive
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
genius; prodigy; natural gift
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
function; facility; faculty; feature
cooperation; coordination; link
both; both sides; both parties
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
moment by moment; hour by hour
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting