intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
antidiarrheal; antidiarrhoeal
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
dehydration (removal of water); desiccation; spinning (laundry); spin cycle; dehydration (abnormal loss of body water)
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
aggravation (of an illness); exacerbation; worsening
unpleasant; uncomfortable; frightening; cruel; rude
to comfort; to console; to amuse
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to be main; to be principal; to be important
important post; important office; key position
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
alma mater clique; old school tie
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
common front; united front
to take on a role; to take part
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
number of characters per line, page, etc.