violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
power of money; financial influence
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
progress; advance; improvement; development
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
accumulation; accumulate; store
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
opinion; point of view; visual point
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
spinning machine; spinning machinery
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
that is to say; so that means
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
another thing; other things; another man's property
explanation; interpretation
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
change; transformation; inversion
tradition; legend; folklore
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
product; produce; result; fruit
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up