of tender years; very young
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
isolation; being alone; being friendless
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
capable of anything; liable to do
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
millions; several million; a few million
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
script; screenplay; scenario
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
casualties; the killed and wounded
time; season; period; phase; stage
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
instant messaging (messenger, message); IM; input method; IM
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
cease-fire; truce; armistice
end of war; cessation of hostilities
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
(written) work; book; writings
revision (of text); alteration; change
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again