number of articles; number of items; quantity
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
national mobilization; total mobilization
inaccurate; incorrect; inexact; imprecise
occurrence; happening; taking place; completion
major incident; major happening; big scandal
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
another day; some other day
counter-proposal; counter-suggestion
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
selection for high office; selecting of fit (talented) persons for higher positions
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
distant; remote; isolated
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
structure for housing heavy machinery
to invite in; to show someone in
manuscript; version; draft
along the way; along the road
to suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis; to have trouble in one's lungs
worry; trouble; anxiety; illness; sickness
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy