materials; data; document
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
relatively; comparatively
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
manners; behavior; behaviour
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
off an island; away from an island; off-island
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
chief; main; principal; major
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve