mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
although I say; although one might say; although called
100,000; hundred thousand
armed forces; military; troops
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
all creation; all nature; all the universe
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
when it becomes; when it comes to
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
study; research; investigation
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
time; season; period; phase; stage
really; truly; indeed; good grief
progress; advance; improvement; development
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
settlement; solution; resolution
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...