year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
company; corporation; workplace
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
competent; suitable; qualified
until now; so far; up to the present
many; much; plenty; hardly
settlement; solution; resolution
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
failure; mistake; blunder
breath; breathing; tone; mood
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
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
you (plural); all of you; you all
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
nature; property; disposition
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
I see; that's right; indeed