candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
war; battle; match; game; competition
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to complete decisively; to do to completion
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
if it is (the case that ...)
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
next term; next period; next version; next release
promising; hopeful; full of promise
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
strange disease; rare disease
to be ill; to suffer from
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
called; known as; that; to say