passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
smoothly; easily; readily
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
earth science; geoscience
source of river; fountainhead
flow rate (esp. water or electricity); quantity of flow; capacity (of output or throughput per unit time)
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
filtration; filtering; percolation
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
state funeral; national funeral
person who has come to offer condolences
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
proper; right; reasonable
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
world; society; people; the public
following precedent (instead of trying something new); reliance on precedent
to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race); to pass the baton; to hand on the torch
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish