performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
gradually; slowly but steadily
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to be damaged; to receive damage
after the end (of something); post-
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
no loss or gain; coming out even
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
support; backing; aid; assistance
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
few decades; many decades; several decades
within; inside of; less than
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
war; fighting; fierce competition
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
descendant; posterity; offspring
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to discuss; to talk together
study; research; investigation
note (letter) left behind; will
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
each nation; many nations; many countries
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
just one person; only one
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
strong opposition; vehement opposition
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy