materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
refining; refinement; smelting; training
to collect; to assemble; to gather
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
pupil; student; schoolchild
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
something like ...; something called ...
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
really; truly; indeed; good grief
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
without; but if; otherwise; or else