root; source; origin; cause
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
public hall; community center; community centre
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
middle of the night; dead of night
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
as a child; when one was a child
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
proposal; proposition; suggestion
confused; flustered; at a loss
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
way of solving (a problem); solution
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
what's what; heads or tails
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest