spine; backbone; spinal column
to torment; to torture; to harass
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
polish; improvement; burnishing
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to spit out; to eject; to dump
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to be fated to; be linked by fate
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
odds and ends; all; every
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength