casualties; injuries and deaths
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
real intention; true motive; true meaning
any more; any further; any better; any longer
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(political) power; authority; influence
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
dozens; scores of; decades
mobilization; mobilisation
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to comfort; to console; to amuse
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
president (of a society); chairman
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote