hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
beginning; outset; first; onset
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
philanthropic activity; charity work
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
around the world; throughout the world
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
wartime regime; war footing
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
support; backing; aid; assistance
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
why; how; for what reason
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
stabbing to death; putting out
vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum