nobility; aristocracy; peerage
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
discriminatory; discriminative
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
general idea; concept; notion
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
index; indices; indicator
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
arbitration; intercession; mediation