branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
cheap article; poor quality article
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
to find out; to discover; to detect
persistence; single-mindedness
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
reopening; resumption; restarting
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
moment; brief space of time
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to move (house); to change residence
ancestor; forefather; foremother
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (golf club); mine shaft; pit
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy