artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
lading; loading; carrying
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
in the course of one's duties
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
(historical) army base; navy base
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
consists of; comprises; is made up of
manned; occupied; piloted
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
headquarters; head office; main office
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
new arrivals; new acquisitions
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to be the ruin of (a person)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
thought; idea; conception
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
solitude; loneliness; isolation
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
small fraction; small proportion
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly