sexual reproduction; syngamy; gamogenesis
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
to taste; to try (food or drink)
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
25th day of the month; 25 days
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
eschatology; doomsday theory; apocalypticism
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
end; close; conclusion; termination
salvation (of the world); saving the world
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
office chair; desk chair; computer chair
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
secret information; intelligence
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
previously mentioned; previously described; above-mentioned; aforesaid
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
massing (of troops); gathering
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
a few people; small number of people