focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
that country; (arch.) nirvana
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
one person; another name; nickname; alias
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
unprecedented; never seen before
price; cost; value; worth; value
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
counterintelligence; counterespionage
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
military force; military strength
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
several hundred; hundreds (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to be damaged; to receive damage
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much