groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
muddy water; red-light district
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
pale; pallid; inexperienced; immature; face without makeup
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
smoothly; easily; readily
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
command; lead; generalship; leadership
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet