end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
war; fighting; fierce competition
engineer; technical officer
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
exploitation; overuse; abuse
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
business world; business circles; (the) industry
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
kind; sort; species; species
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
to speak; to say; to vocalize
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
material; materials; data; information; documents
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to order; to command; to appoint
ten; 10; ten years of age
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such