brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
main cause; primary factor
vacant house; unoccupied house
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
face; looks; vestiges; trace
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
accession to the throne; enthronement
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
mechanism; organization; organisation
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
life; living; I; me; student
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess