extent; scope; sphere; range; span
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
pair; the two; both persons; both things
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
study; research; investigation
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
in comparison to; rather than
to be surprised; to be astonished
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
place; situation; position; location
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
time axis; time basis; timeline
refinement; narrowing-down
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
cooperation; collaboration
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
moment by moment; hour by hour
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...