difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
economic bloc; ecosystem (of services, goods, etc. within a company or consortium)
spread; span; expanse; extent
archipelago; chain of islands
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
precarious situation; precarious state
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
base layer; substratum; binder course
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly")
coined word; coinage; neologism
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
to be the ruin of (a person)
theory of relativity; relativism
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
in accordance with plans; just as planned
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
repayment; refund; payback