exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
region; limits; stage; level
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
polite; respectful; reverent
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
if it is the case that ...
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
to know (a person); to think
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
outsider; someone outside of a group
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
radioactive contamination