rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
3000; three thousand; many
whole nation; whole land; whole country
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to use as an example; to take as an illustration; to draw a parallel
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
excellent plan; best policy
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
individual; private person; personal; natural person
scale; scope; plan; structure
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
to need; to call for; to require
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
things at hand; personal belongings
act of terror; act of terrorism
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
diversion; distraction; feint
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
as expected; as predicted
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect