good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
official announcement; proclamation
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
perfect; complete; flawless
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
to attack; to assault; to assail
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
whatever the case; under any circumstances
with the exception of; excepting; excluding