derivation; development; offshoot
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to have a reason; to have an excuse
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
a lot; a great deal; plentifully; properly; sufficiently; fully
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
LOHAS; Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability; market segment made up of ecologically conscious consumers
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
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
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to go ahead; to pull ahead
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble