ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
filtration; filtering; percolation
factory; plant; mill; workshop
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
water filtration plant; water purification plant
source of river; fountainhead
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
surface of the earth; ground surface
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
crops; agricultural produce
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
strategic resources; strategic materials
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
in proportion to; according to; depending on
how much; how many; to what extent
number of persons; personnel
several hundred; hundreds (of)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
advisory level (1-5, 5 being the most severe); warning level
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)