metre; meter; meter; gauge
to concern; to be related
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
cruise; navigation; sailing
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
each nation; many nations; many countries
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
much less; to say nothing of
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to applaud; to cheer (for)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
district; section; sector
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
news; word; tidings; omen
use; utilization; utilisation; application
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
sightseer; spectator; viewer
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
landing on water; hitting the water; splashdown
to rain incessantly; to downpour
interior; inside; internal
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
strange; rare; novel; curious
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down