genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
almost every day; almost daily
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
with a start; with a jump
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
greater than ...; bigger ...
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)