group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
origin; beginning; source
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
victim; injured party; sufferer
lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
round shape; circle; circular form
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
3rd day of the month; three days
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
a little; a bit; slightly
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
bicycle parking (spot, shed, etc.); parking area for bicycles
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire; to ignite; to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.); to come on
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up