use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
raw materials; ingredients
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
comparatively; relatively
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
rejection; negation; voting down
to comfort; to console; to amuse
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
moment; brief space of time
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man