participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
to save; to leave over; to spare
uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness
in proportion to; according to; depending on
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
person to be reckoned with; person of importance; one person; one character; someone
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
projected to win; sure to be elected; home free
superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement); ignoring (one thing) for (another)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
charitable person; philanthropist; volunteer; supporter
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
depravity; corruption; degradation
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
system; institution; organization; organisation
to have a smattering knowledge of
cram-free education; pressure-free education
every place; various places
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission