while; during; while; although; all; both
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
of course; certainly; naturally
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
guidance; leadership; leading the way
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
duty; obligation; responsibility
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign
review; reconsideration; revision
offering one's opinion (to someone on something)
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
such ... as; or some such
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
environment; surroundings; circumstances
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
how many years; how long; what year
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline