link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
woman; female; feminine gender
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
the place for; the time for; the level of
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to make sense; to be meaningful
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
operation; functioning; running
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
to add (e.g. a postscript)
minuteness; one millionth
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing; installing and removing; desorption
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
naturally; of course; understandably
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion