to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
irrational (line of) argument
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
hard to get; hard to come by
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
recovery; undoing; recall
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
desperation; struggle to the death
outside the country; abroad
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
testimony; (verbal) evidence
flight; desertion; escape
in the end; at the end of the day
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
rejection; negation; voting down
technical skill; ability; capacity
to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude