discovery; detection; finding
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
sobriety; soberness; sober face
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
solitude; loneliness; isolation
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
blunder; slip; error; error
association; union; guild
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
eternal life; immortality
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
first time; first; initial
war; battle; match; game; competition
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)