staff member; employee; worker; personnel
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
single word; a few words; brief comment
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
rising; ascending; climbing
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to laugh away; to laugh off
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
special promotion (in rank or grade)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
technical skill; ability; capacity
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do