handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
president (of a society); chairman
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
choice; selection; option
system failure; system error
surroundings; environs; circumference
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
historical; traditional; historic
many; numerous; various; large number of
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
kind; sort; species; species
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
by means of; due to; because of; according to
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging