essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
each individual; each person
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
noisy; confused; uproarious
separate case; another matter
(not) a single person; (no) one
coherence; order; focus; point
scene; spectacle; sight; view
even if not; even without
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
minimum; at the very least
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
character style; character form
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
firm; unshakeable; resolute
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
delegation of authority (power); devolution; empowerment
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
downward spiral; negative spiral; vicious circle
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll