scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
individual; private person; personal; private
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
recommendation; endorsement
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
originally; by nature; from the start
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
settlement; solution; resolution
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
class president; head class representative