to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to bring; to take; to bring about
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
tendency; trend; inclination
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
comparatively; relatively
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia
usually; under usual circumstances
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
divide into four pieces; one fourth
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
price; cost; value; worth; value
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
chief; main; principal; major
three-digit number; hundreds column
four-digit number; thousands column
cholangiocarcinoma; bile duct cancer
embolus; abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees