unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
go that far; to that extent
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
impossible; unlikely; improbable
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
like this; this sort; this way
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
chance (of success); odds
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
having said that; on the other hand
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement