actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
decrease; reduction; decline
proficiency level; degree of skill; learning level
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
on the occasion of; at the time of
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
amount of material resources
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
participation; joining; entry; adherence
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily