use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
jobless university graduate
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
number one; first; best; most; game; round
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
construction; architecture (of buildings)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election); winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)
on a line; on the borderline (between); on the verge (of); on the brink (of)
results; record; grades; marks
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
as (for); for; in the capacity of
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number; squad number
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
difficult to ...; hard to ...