reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
difficult to ...; hard to ...
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to know (a person); to think
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to spend time (on doing something)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal