useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to cease; to stop; to be over
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
(distant) howling; backbiting
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
3000; three thousand; many
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to make up one's mind; to be determined
thousands; several thousand
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining