rationalization; justification
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
building lot; residential land
source of river; fountainhead
tentative plan; draft plan
agricultural technology; farming techniques
according to the calculations; as far as calculations are concerned; computationally
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
brewing industry; distilling industry; wine-making industry
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
rainy; showery; inclement
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
labor pains; birth pangs; throes of creation; toil of producing something new
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
forces of reaction; forces of resistance; opposition forces; opposition elements; resistance force
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)
to go with the flow; to go with the times
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
sense of caution; wariness
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
commercialization; commercialisation
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
battle of words; debate; argument; dispute
(in the) same house; (under the) same roof