mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
well-known; noted; celebrated
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to face; to go towards; to head towards
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
resignation; acceptance; consolation
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say