even, to even, to the extent of

by a certain time, by the time ~, before ~ (a deadline)

Also, As well, Moreover

to start, to begin to

to finish, to end, to be finished

Around, about (time or amount), Approximately, Roughly around a certain point

After, Later

Was doing ~, Had been doing ~ (for a period)

Times per period, Per X time, Frequency of occurrence

Finally, at last, in the end

more than, over, than

every, at each interval, each time

as much as possible, whenever possible, to the best extent possible

About to do something, On the verge of doing something, Just about to happen

Despite, Although, Even though

I think, to think that..., to believe (that)

Such as, Things like, Etc.

like, similar to, resembling

Turning a verb into a noun; the act of verb-ing, Nominalizing a verb to talk about the action itself, The abstract or general idea of doing the verb

look like, appear, seem