strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
such; this sort of; like this
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
home area; home town; local
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
scale; scope; plan; structure
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
that; the matter in question
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
estimate (of costs); budget
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to entrust; to leave to a person
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)