opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
interior; inside; internal
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to indicate; to show; to point to
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to be responsive; to show immediate results
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
same; similar; (just) like; equal
name; given name; first name
many; numerous; various; large number of
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble