series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
stand-up paddle surfing; SUP; stand-up paddle boarding
security police; special police; special; TV special; 78-rpm record; standard play (VHS recording speed); SP
European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
debuff (negative status effect)
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
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
buff (color); buffing; buff (positive status effect)
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
nothing; no balls (or no strikes); count of zero; without; none at all
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)