softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
intelligence; intellect; brains
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
(medical) doctor; physician
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
(United States of) America; USA; US
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
charging (electrically); electrification
brain training; brain workout
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
schoolgirl; female student
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
posing; modeling; modelling
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull