stairs; stairway; staircase
several minutes; a few minutes
shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
even more; still more; further
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
at that time; in those days
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
within; inside of; less than
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
use; utilization; utilisation; application
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
even more; still more; further
reopening; resumption; restarting
at; in; at; when; by; with
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
analepticum; restorative medicine
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...