But clearing out the dishes, as a synonym for clearing the table of dirty plates, dishes, cutlery, etc., is never used here, in my experience. My mind's eye pictures a group of caterers preparing to switch courses. e.g.

Understanding the Context

"In 30 minutes we need to clear out the dinner dishes and start serving desert." People do often think that 'lesion' means a wound with broken skin and blood, but it refers to any changes in/to the appearance of the skin or changes to/on the surface of the skin, whether 2- or 3- dimensional. I notice that 'lesion' is mentioned as the second synonym. The Quora man isn't talking about what I call a wound. Bonjour tout le monde, I'm looking for as many synonyms for 'il y a' as I can.

Key Insights

In terms of context, I'm talking about 'there is/are' in a literal sense, i.e. 'there is a car on the roadside', 'there's plenty to do in the town centre', etc. Thanks in advance :) I'm looking for a synonym of "breeding ground" in the following sense: "A place or set of circumstances that encourages the development of certain ideas or conditions." Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin... Sensitive can be used as a synonym of these terms when dealing with a person (or, better, his/her parts, such as skin and hair, for instance), but it usually conveys the idea of "highly emotional or highly responsive to feelings or stimula". It deals more with emotions than physical appearance.

Final Thoughts

In that sense, teamwork is more like a synonym for cooperation. "With teamwork we can get this done." "By cooperating with each other, we can get this done." Team work can be a synonym specifically for "working on a team". "This project is not suitable for team work, it's more of an individual project." By reducing the expression to a synonym for "contact," users diminish the range of expression in the language. I suspect that this usage may have come from a telephone company commercial of a few years back with the slogan "reach out and touch someone." Or perhaps a company thought it would sound more personal than "contact." class boss, class head, class captain, class president When there is an election in a school classroom, do you use the class boss as the synonym of the class president?