preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; relying on (someone); being (financially) dependent on
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
like this; this sort; this way
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
disintegration; self-destruction
legend; folklore; tradition
event; phenomenon; matter
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
tomfoolery; monkey business
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
while; although; (but) at the same time; on the other hand; half the face; profile
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
specimen; sample; (classic) example; type; sample
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness