declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
Regent hairstyle; ducktail; Pompadour
hair pin; hairclip; hairgrip; bobby pin
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
throat lozenge; cough drop
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to stick in one's throat; to choke on something
disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
small fraction; small proportion
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
one's person; around one's person
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
though; notwithstanding; although
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour