to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
ago; since; before; previous
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
long ago; already; a long time ago
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
encryption; encipherment; password protection
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
headquarters; head office; main office
commander; commanding officer; CO
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
orders; instructions; directive; command
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
secrecy; highly classified information
(social) position; status
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)