to grow in severity; to grow increasingly severe
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
making efficient; optimization
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
general idea; concept; notion
intuition; instinct; hunch
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
admission fee (at the theatre, etc.); stall space fee (at an outdoor market, etc.); stake (in gambling); bet
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
paper medium; print medium (as opposed to other media)
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
absorption; suction; attraction
implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
unstable state; metastable state; quasistable state
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
rollback (e.g. of prices); rollback
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
interference; intervention; meddling