few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
this (very thing); this precisely
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
success or failure; outcome; result
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
honor; honour; credit; prestige
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
time; hour; period; class
many; much; plenty; hardly
annexation; merger; swallowing up
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
dominion; territory; possession
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand