passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
standing; reserve; always having ready
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
agricultural community; farm village; rural
levying; requisitioning; compulsory enlistment; recruitment; conscription
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
condition; situation; prospects
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to do together; to share; to participate in
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
white knight; knight in shining armor
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
but; however; even though; even if
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
many; much; plenty; hardly
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
one by one; one each; one at a time