military authorities; army circles
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
magic; sorcery; incantation
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
failure; mistake; blunder
repeated occurrence; frequently occurring
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
single word; a few words; brief comment
to express (in words); to confess
difficult to ...; hard to ...
genius; prodigy; natural gift
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child