research funds (expenses)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
able official; capable official
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
lying face down; upside down; prone
(one) could even say that
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
wincing; cowering; shrinking; flinching; recoiling
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
failed student; student required to repeat a year
stammer; stutter; stammerer; stutterer
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
entering school; school attendance
stuttering; stammering; dysphemia
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
tradition; legend; folklore
vacant or unoccupied room