speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
birth; creation; formation
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
how long; how far; how much
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
hello; good day; good afternoon
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to be silent; to say nothing
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on