to ascertain; to check; to make sure
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to push (something) against
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to change; to shift; to come and go
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
intermission (between acts); interlude
boom town; emerging city; new town
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
growth period; growing season
construction; establishment
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
long (time that has passed); old (story)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
public building; community building; box-shaped item of furniture (e.g. chest of drawers, bookcase); boxed gift
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
to compose; to put together