quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
calamity; disaster; accident
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
moving from one battlefield to another; fighting on successive fronts; fighting in various battles
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
sanity; consciousness; soberness
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
to waste; to sacrifice; to spoil; to ruin; to lose; to forfeit
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether