past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
green light; (giving) permission; OK
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
imagination; supposition; guess
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
serious; not joking; straight
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Sorry to impose but ...; Excuse me but ...
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
answering machine; answerphone
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
to repeat; to do something over again
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
big corporation; major firm; leading company
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
dozens; scores of; decades
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
scale; scope; plan; structure
future prospects; promise
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support