infrastructure improvement
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
sympathy; compassion; pity
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
something like ...; something called ...
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
it is not (like that) either
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
time; season; period; phase; stage
about when; about what time; how soon
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation