to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
meaning; connotation; denotation
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to find out; to discover; to locate
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
(necessary) personnel; required person
military personnel; soldier
dirty work; unpleasant task
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
empty lot; vacant plot of land
intensive; concentrated; focused
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mechanism; organization; organisation
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived