8000; eight thousand; many
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Magellan; Magellan, Ferdinand (1480?-1521; Portuguese explorer)
place; position; location; position; standing; status
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
staying behind; remaining; residual
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
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
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!