first day of summer (approx. May 6)
first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall
first day of winter (approx. November 8)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
New Year's Eve; December 31
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
stabilization; stabilisation
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
difficult to ...; hard to ...
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
difference; variation; difference
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
established (certain) fact
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
serious; severe; grave; acute
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
having said that; on the other hand
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
at the present time; as of now; at this time
development; exploitation
perception; sensing; noticing
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
every place; various places
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
person in charge; official; attendant
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances