approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
next term; next period; next version; next release
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
as; because; with; due to
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
calculation; estimation; computation
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
management; administration; operation
headquarters; head office; main office
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
dealing with; coping with
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
general manager; director-general
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
time; hour; period; class
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
participation; joining; entry; adherence
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
interception; monitoring; tapping
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state