circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
fields (of rice and other crops)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
that is to say; so that means
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
maintenance; preservation; improvement
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
supply; provision; raising; procurement
street; quarter; district; area
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
prohibition; inhibition; ban
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
verbalization; putting into words
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
that's the way it is; such is life
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration