to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
a great variety of; diversity
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
reaching; attaining; arrival
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
personal; individual; private
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
no!; no no!; no, not at all
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
memory; sense; experience
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
general; popular; common; typical
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
another species; other species
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing