dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
item; commodity; list of articles
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
together with; same; both; all; including ...
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
discovery; detection; finding
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to be intimate with; to befriend
woollen material; woollen goods or fabric
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
amount of trade; trade volume
only recently; just of late
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
usually; under usual circumstances
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
don't worry; no worries; never mind
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)