weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to mark the end; to spell the end
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
release (of a film, music album, software, etc.); publication; release; liberation; release (of a previously pressed mouse button)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
aggression; invasion; raid
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
maximum permissible level or dosage
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
cannot be compared with; no match for
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
as; because; with; due to
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
battlefield; battleground
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
you could say; you might say; verging on the
(political) power; authority; influence
because; the reason is; if you want to know why