wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to step over or across; to overcome
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to rule; to govern; to administer
dressing oneself; personal grooming
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
unit; (musical) group; band
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
advanced level; high grade; senior
telecommunications; correspondence
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
on the occasion of; at the time of
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
conviction; belief; confidence
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)