dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots; VIPs
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
blow; shock; strike; batting
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
scale; scope; plan; structure
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
beginning; outset; first; onset
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
river; stream; River; the ... river
... and westward; in and to the west of ...
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
meteor; shooting star; falling star
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
chance (of success); odds
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
riding fast; driving a horse fast
to live through; to survive
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
in the end; at the end of the day
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
difficult to ...; hard to ...
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
group; bunch; crowd; group
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
(former) Papal States; Vatican City