to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
high-capacity; high-volume
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
enumeration; citation; listing
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
fruit wine (e.g. cider, wine, plum liquor); fruit liqueur
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
occupation; calling; livelihood
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
abandoned city; deserted city
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
weather forecast; weather report
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
in accordance with; according to
(national) capital (city); metropolis
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
experimental; provisional
(software) update; upgrade (to a new version); upgrade (to a device, product, etc.); improvement
main cause; primary factor
several hundred; hundreds (of)
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
popular name; common name; nickname; alias