stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
to drink up; to drain (cup)
war; fighting; fierce competition
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
as a child; when one was a child
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
debate; panel discussion; forum
current administration; present government
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
massing (of troops); gathering
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
image; figure; figure; form; image
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
sincere; honest; faithful
for example; for instance; e.g.
androgynous; hermaphroditic
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to rain incessantly; to downpour
hormone; cows' or pigs' offal (entrails)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
early (days); initial stage; initial
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child