popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
decision; determination; resolution
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
gubernatorial election; election of governor; gubernatorial campaign; gubernatorial race
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
household economy; family finances
stock-farming; cattle breeding
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
private airplane; private jet
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
state-run college; state university
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
state capital; provincial capital; county town
to live; to reside; to inhabit
tall figure; high stature
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
living together; communal life; cohabitation
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to