good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
this world; this life; world of the living
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
ranking table (e.g. sports league)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
while; even though; despite
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
continuation; succession; series
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
results; record; grades; marks
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
related to; in relation to
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward