superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
rain and wind; driving rain
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
automatic; intransitive verb
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
space (room, area, outer space)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
minority group (party); minority
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
big man; large man; tall man; giant
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing