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to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to go on (for, until)

to be up to the task; to come up to

to compare with; to be a match (for)

to commit (a crime)

Usu. used in the negative

to require (to do)

Conjunction

and; as well as

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down

catching up; overtaking

reference; allusion

diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend; to have an effect (on)

Egypt

to affect; to impact; to influence

at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game

After a verb

there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary

After a noun

does not match; out of reach of

to hear of; to learn of

passing mark

bent back

indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve

spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple

passing (an examination); making the grade

Algeria

diffusion rate; rate of spread

as ... as possible

being inferior to; being no match for

being best

retroactivity; retroaction; being retroactive (to)

cheap edition (of a book, etc.); popular edition

mass-market product (i.e. non-premium)

mention; reference to; touching upon

excess or deficiency