to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
to collect; to assemble; to gather
unceasing; never-ending; endless
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to make oneself known to the public; to become popular; to gain influence
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
random; unintentional; unintended
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
tendency; trend; inclination
overlooking; turning a blind eye
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
permission; approval; authorization; license
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
dissidents; troublemakers; disturbing elements
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
foreign matter; impurities
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to buy a large amount (of); to purchase (in large quantities); to buy in; to buy regularly; to make regular purchases; to be a regular customer
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
meanwhile; in the meantime
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink