amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
reaching; attaining; arrival
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to blaze; to burn brightly
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
innermost depths of one's heart
to thrust down; to push off
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to be too numerous; to be too much
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
is something that; is that which
course; route; path; process; means
transfer; assignment; conveyance
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute