to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
as (for); for; in the capacity of
training (esp. in-service); induction course
schedule; program; programme; agenda
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
promotion; raising of status
such ... as; or some such
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
individual; private person; personal; natural person
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
2nd day of the month; two days
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
different opinion; objection
great success; huge success
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to learn; to study; to take lessons in