thorough; exhaustive; complete
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
extermination; annihilation
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
refinement; narrowing-down
much less; to say nothing of
in advance; beforehand; previously
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
reduction by half; halving
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may