contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; housing; enclosure; cabinet; chassis
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
joint; seam; joining point
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
foreign matter; impurities
interference; intervention; meddling
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
notice; notification; report; posting
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to mistake (A for B); to misread
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
declaration; proclamation; announcement
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of