to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
lately; recently; these days
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
called; known as; that; to say
my personal (e.g. opinion)
schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others
to take command; to give direction
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
(national) capital (city); metropolis
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to scrape off; to plane off
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
innumerable; countless; numberless
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
chief; main; principal; major
in accordance with; pursuant to; in proportion to; according to; in the same manner as; in the same way as
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
independent action; acting alone