meaning; connotation; denotation
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
social status; social position
(social) position; status
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to degenerate; to lapse into
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
leadership skill; leadership ability
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
condition; figure; appearance; voice
leading (e.g. role); instructive; guiding
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
complete book; complete set; treatise
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
superstition; superstitious belief
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
convenient; expedient; makeshift