neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
that day; the very same day
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
metre; meter; meter; gauge
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
acceleration; speeding up
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
soldier; combatant; warrior
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
be (that) as it may; having said that
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe