to tell (on someone); to tattle; to snitch
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
first generation; founder
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
distinguished services; meritorious deeds
government and municipal offices; public agencies
following precedent (instead of trying something new); reliance on precedent
frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
(seriously and slightly) injured persons; people with serious and minor injures
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
unsafe; insecure; careless; dangerous; incautious; imprudent
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)
induced explosion; secondary explosion
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
very careful; thoroughly prepared
access point; AP; application program; application software; American plan (hotel rate system); AP
center half; centre half; channel; Order of the Companions of Honour (British order)
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
each place; various places
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
few decades; many decades; several decades
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
property; fortune; means; assets
military doctor; army surgeon
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking