almost; roughly; approximately
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
postmodern; postmodernism
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
difficult to ...; hard to ...
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
authority; power; influence
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
absence; disregard; indifference
disparate society; stratified society
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to feel; to sense; to experience
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
considerably; fairly; quite
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
temporary worker (dispatched from an agency); dispatched worker
such ... as; or some such
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
sympathy; empathy; response
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict