achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
desperately; for one's dear life
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
dissociation; unravelling and separating
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to backfire; to have a harmful result
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)