to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
battlefield; battleground
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
interval; break; pause; spare moment
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
survival; survivor; relic
few decades; many decades; several decades
successive generations; successive emperors
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
equality; impartiality; evenness
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
popular name; common name; given name
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
violent emotion; passion; fury
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
preface; introduction; preamble
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)