to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
accurate; correct; precise; exact
true state; actual condition; reality
grasp; catch; understanding
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
last century; ancient times
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
disorder; disturbance; unrest
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
to some extent; to a certain extent
calming down; quieting down
having ended; being resolved
end of war; cessation of hostilities
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
being under military occupation
government; administration
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
main; principal; chief; primary; major
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly