annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to arrive; to come to pass
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
long ago; a long time ago; already
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
in this manner; in this way; like this
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
whichever person (indefinite pronoun); everyone; every person; all
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
is something that; is that which
this (very thing); this precisely
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to talk; to chat; to chatter
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to concentrate one's attention; to be engrossed in
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
armed forces; military; troops
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle