to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
official announcement; proclamation
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
longing; great desire; aspiration
landing; alighting; touch down
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
outside a plane; outboard
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
to become frayed; to become loose
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
sending to the rear (esp. a soldier); evacuation from the front; sending later
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
different opinion; objection