time required; time taken; necessary time
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to take measures (against); to take steps
how long; how far; how much
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
death from disease; death from illness
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
per person; per capita; per head
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
pessimism; negative thinking
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
equality; uniformity; evenness
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
leaving everything up to someone else
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to claim victims; to leave casualties
colour; color; hue; tints
readjustment; realignment
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
deed; act; work; performance
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing