today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
training; drill; practice; discipline
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to become possible; to become able to (do)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
occurrence; happening; incident; event
antiquity; the previous era
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
by myself; in person; by oneself
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
to some extent; to a certain extent
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to try to do; to attempt to do
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to recover consciousness; to come to
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
that is to say; so that means
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
rising; ascending; climbing
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray