infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
to do together; to share; to participate in
custody; detention; confinement
flood; freshet; inundation
to die by drowning; to drown
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits
code; program; code; regulation; code; symbol set; cord
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
principle; theory; fundamental truth
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
permission; approval; authorization; license
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
continuation; succession; series; continuous
head; brains; intellect; understanding
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to write down; to record; to register
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
now that; since; so long as; because
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
order (for goods or services); order (sequence); order (of magnitude); order
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
parallel; parallel; parallel skiing
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
historical; traditional; historic
armed forces; battle troops
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
group of languages (subgroup of a branch); word group; group of words
annals; chronicle; chronology
colored pencil; coloured pencil
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
reason for being; raison d'être
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
allocation; appropriation
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
derivation; development; offshoot