to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
3000; three thousand; many
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
thousands; several thousand
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
first generation; founder
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
many; numerous; various; large number of
failure; mistake; blunder
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
nonchalant air; unruffled air
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to take command; to give direction
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
extermination; annihilation
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
even though; despite; when
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
Sheffield (Britain); Shefield
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
very great; enormous; serious
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce