beginning; outset; first; onset
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
strategist; tactician; schemer
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
in comparison to; rather than
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to serve; to work for; to attend
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just