defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
exploitation; overuse; abuse
main cause; primary factor
consequently; as a result
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
arbitrarily; of its own accord; without asking; voluntarily; willfully; as one pleases
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
perennial youth; eternal youth
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
several hundred; hundreds (of)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to order; to command; to appoint
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant
to repent; to be penitent
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
wandering; roaming; drifting
around the world; throughout the world