reason; cause; circumstances
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
of course; certainly; naturally
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
ruler; monarch; sovereign
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
for example; for instance; e.g.
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to think of; to come up with
antiquity; the previous era
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen