starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
cell; serge; cel (celluloid); starter motor
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
consideration; taking into account
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
additional rules; by-laws; supplementary provisions; additional clauses
(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
at; in; at; when; by; with
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
you could say; you might say; verging on the
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
instrumental (activities, behavior, etc.)
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
just right; ideal; perfectly suitable; fetch!; bring me ...
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who