to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
tide; current; tendency; trend
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
birth; creation; formation
thorough; exhaustive; complete
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
starting late; late departure
reason; cause; circumstances
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
kabbalah (Jewish mystic tradition); qabalah; cabala
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
optimization; optimisation
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
a few years ago; some years back
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner