grandfather; male senior-citizen
while alive; during one's lifetime
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
dying message (message left by a murder victim just before death; in mystery novels, etc.)
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
(juvenile) delinquent; Yankee; Yank; American
fiction; fabrication; concoction
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
erectile dysfunction; effective dose; elemental diet; ending theme; end title sequence
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
order; sequence; procedure
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
Agatha Christie (English novelist; 1890-1976)
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
superman; superhuman person; Superman (superhero)
clerk; office worker; kulak
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
one theory; one opinion; another theory
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
24 hours; twenty-four hours
regulation; adjustment; control
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
choice; selection; option
harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin
to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly