important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
beginning; outset; first; onset
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
difficult to ...; hard to ...
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
topic of discussion; agenda
person concerned; interested party; related party
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
treatment (of a person); dealing with
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
dealing with; coping with
ex post facto report; report after the event
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)