important; momentous; essential; principal; major
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
prospects of victory; chances of success
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
preliminary arrangements; spade work
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
that's true; of course; obviously
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know