dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
epidemic; plague; pestilence
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
being very busy; busyness
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
considerably; fairly; quite
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
free time; time at leisure
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
leisure; leisure time; spare time
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
though; notwithstanding; although
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid