present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
so what!; who gives a damn?
just because; even if; even though
at once; immediately; right now
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
choices; alternatives; options
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
as (for); for; in the capacity of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
any more; any further; any better; any longer
conviction; belief; confidence
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
incident; affair; happening; event
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
process; course; mechanism
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
after that; afterwards; thereafter