to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to cast amorous glances at a man (of a woman); to make eyes at; to give (someone) the eye; to make advances
broken; intermittent; disconnected
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to have one's name entered (in a list)
(having) same family and personal name
complete stranger; total stranger
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
give-and-take; give and take
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
on countless occasions; many a time
call register; incoming call history; list of received calls
answering machine; answerphone