weakening; emaciation; decline
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
to keep in mind; to memorize
undivided attention; concentration
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
levitation; floating on air; airborne (e.g. bacteria); aero-
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
instar (developmental stage of arthropods); age; years
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius); gigantic; huge; enormous
whole universe; total universe; all of creation
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
as necessary; if necessary; as the need arises; as occasion demands; where appropriate
evident; plain; distinct; clear
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
pupil; student; schoolchild
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in