reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
ground plan; plane figure
massing (of troops); gathering
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
very much; exceedingly; extremely
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
course; route; path; process; means
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
in accordance with; according to
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to look around; to survey
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say