urban area; urban district
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
timewise; temporal; chronal
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
stairs; stairway; staircase
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
site; point on a map; spot
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
penetration; permeation; transmission
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
auditory nerve; auditory nerves
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
indictment; prosecution; complaint
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
unprofitable business operation
to worry about; to be vexed
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down