activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
agricultural country; agrarian nation
accession to the throne; enthronement
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
battlefield; battleground
defense capability (defence)
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
practical; realistic; pragmatic
(political) power; authority; influence
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
many; much; plenty; hardly
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to crouch; to squat; to cower
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to go past; to pass; to pass by
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
rule; reign; peaceful times
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows