cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
letting (someone) die without helping
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
war; fighting; fierce competition
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
second (unit of time); arc second
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
hamburger shop; hamburger restaurant; hamburger joint
set menu; fixed-course menu; table d'hôte
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
God; god; ace; king; superior person
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to do together; to share; to participate in
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
... all over again (repeating the same failure)