to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
relatively; comparatively
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
older sister; elder sister
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
harassment (esp. in workplace); bullying; discrimination
to happen to meet; to come across
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
be (that) as it may; having said that
question; question (mark)
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
sexual arousal; sexual excitation
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
mechanism; organization; organisation
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
capable of anything; liable to do
punishment; judgement; judgment
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
to stop walking; to pause
to detain; to check; to restrain
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
lost article; something forgotten
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly