place; room; margin; scope
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
that is to say; so that means
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
junior high school student; middle school pupil
if you think about it; come to think of it
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
probability; likelihood; chances
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
difficult to ...; hard to ...
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
by all means; by all costs
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying