general idea; concept; notion
really; truly; indeed; good grief
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
without permission; without notice
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
how; in what way; by what means
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to face; to go towards; to head towards
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
negotiations; discussions; connection
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to make merry; to be festive
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing