protracted war; war of attrition
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
specialization; specialisation
decisive battle of brief duration
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to fly around; to scatter
already; now; no longer; not any more
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
full-length portrait or statue
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
abuse; misuse; perversion
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
vitality; (one's) life force
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)