certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
round shape; circle; circular form
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to name; to call; to christen; to term
globular shape; spherical shape
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
euphemism; eulogistic name; poetical name; poetic name
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
recompense; indemnity; atonement
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
isolation; being alone; being friendless
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
obscure; vague; ambiguous
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
notice; attention; observation
regarding highly; attaching importance to
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to collect; to assemble; to gather
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
solitude; loneliness; isolation
on the occasion of; at the time of
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
mechanism; organization; organisation
establishment; settlement
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
time; season; period; phase; stage
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to need; to call for; to require