painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
format; form; (data) format; formatting (a disk); format
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
breaking off an engagement
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
one (thing); one piece; one item
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 talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
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