origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to employ; to hire; to charter
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
dealing with; coping with
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
jumble (of two or several things); mix
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
innocence; being not guilty
and; AND (Boolean operator)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
one by one; one each; one at a time
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
story; tale; talk; discussion
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
beginning; outset; first; onset
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm