heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
plural; multiple; several
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
together with; same; both; all; including ...
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
water's edge; beach; shore
assertion; declaration; affirmation
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
cold reception; inhospitality
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to take over; to hand over
treatment (of a person); dealing with
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
question; inquiry; enquiry
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to put into effect; to put into practice
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
several times; several degrees
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
excessive; too much; unreasonable
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to arrive; to come to pass