older brother and younger sister
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
rather; better; instead; if anything
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
Sassanid dynasty (Persia, 226-651 CE); Sasanian dynasty
love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
to concern; to be related
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
system; institution; organization; organisation
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
residence; housing; residential building
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath
laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy