support; backing; aid; assistance
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
killing time; staving off boredom
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
patterns of thinking; train of thought
language center (brain); language centre
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
preventive measure; precautionary measure
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
fighting in numerous battles
extensive; vast range; wide scope
all over; all over the place; everywhere
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
skill; dexterity; master hand
specific area; specified region; designated area
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
terminal symptoms; sign of the approaching end
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up