friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
show; exhibition; spectacle
plain; plateau; tableland
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
root; joint; base; crotch
new development; new discovery
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
noted doctor; excellent physician
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
breath; breathing; bless; bracelet
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
technical civilization; technical civilisation
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
handrail; railing; banister
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat