starting point; point of departure
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
planned; scheduled; systematic
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
weakening; emaciation; decline
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
to keep in mind; to memorize
undivided attention; concentration
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
levitation; floating on air; airborne (e.g. bacteria); aero-
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
instar (developmental stage of arthropods); age; years
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
whole universe; total universe; all of creation