book; volume; this; present; main; head
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
token (effort); something done for form's sake
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
that; the matter in question
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
recovery; undoing; recall
to detain; to check; to restrain
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
authenticity; credibility
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum