to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person
settlement; permanent residency
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
death penalty; capital punishment
all; entire; whole; altogether
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
nature; property; disposition
to join together; to combine; to join up
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another