origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
in the future; another day; later
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
work; business; company; study
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
bond; bill; certificate; security
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)