toilet articles; makeup kit
make-up organiser; make-up organizer
investigation; research; looking something up
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
taking the field first; batting second
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
US military; United States Armed Forces
a person without a single relative
hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money); life's struggles
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
to recollect; to remember; to imagine; to guess; (arch.) to admire (e.g. beauty); (arch.) to praise
action committee; executive committee
women's group; women's association
roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
double-headed eagle (symbol of heraldry)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
disputed territory; conflict area
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
compass (for drawing circles, etc.); pair of compasses; (mariner's) compass; length of one's stride; length of one's legs
bearing; heading; point of the compass
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
written guarantee; guarantee letter; warranty; warranty card
length and width; length and breadth; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
undiscovered; not yet found; unexplored