to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
four-digit number; thousands column
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
confidential; secret; classified
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
book with the look and layout of a magazine
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
tag; slip; label; sticker
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
wherein; therein; thereinto