security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
to need; to call for; to require
international humanitarian law; IHL
international; diplomatic intercourse
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
Gaia hypothesis; Gaia theory; Gaia principle
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
meaning; connotation; denotation
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
competing; competition; auction
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
etc.; et cetera; and so on
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
reaching; attaining; arrival
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
probability; likelihood; chances
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)