modern person; people of today
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
now; the present time; just now; another; more
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
general; popular; common; typical
ability; performance; efficiency
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
decrease; reduction; decline
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to harm; to cause harm to
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to some extent; to a certain extent
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone