discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
split; division; break up
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
extremists; radicals; militants
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to be silent; to say nothing
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
rather than; more ... than ...
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
how many people; a number of people
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
scale; scope; plan; structure
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to claim victims; to leave casualties
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin