sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
accumulation; accumulate; store
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
naturally; of course; understandably
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
direct control; direct supervision
private; exclusive; secret
ordinary citizen; the general public
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
region; limits; stage; level
record of proceedings; minutes
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
in name only; titular; nominal
place of execution; execution site
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to order; to command; to appoint
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to leave this world; to die
members; member; constituent
secret; private; surreptitious
my husband; one's family; family member
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp