formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
successor; replacement; second wife
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
public institution; public organization; official body
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat
cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
another; different; something else