biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to mix; to stir; to blend
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
such; like that; that sort of; very
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
firmly; solidly; heartily
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
only; merely; but; no more than
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)