to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
only recently; just of late
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
indicate reason; infers some protest
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to finish reading; to read through
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
flour; meal; powder; dust
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
instead; but (on the other hand)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
shell (e.g. electron shell)
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out