(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
it's been a long time; long time no see
calamity; misfortune; disaster
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
for example; for instance; e.g.
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
every month; each month; monthly
entry qualifications; joining qualifications
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
intelligence operative; spy
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
economic warfare; economic war
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
terrain; geographical features; topography
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)