to spread; to be propagated
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
rather; sooner; preferably
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
how; in what way; how about
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
individual; private person; personal; private
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
maintenance; preservation; improvement
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
aptitude; aptness; suitability
successive generations; successive emperors
rare; extraordinary; singular