durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
large build; large pattern
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
front; frontage; facade; main
to take (be in) charge of
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)
seeming dangerous; risky; unsafe; chancy; unsteady; clumsy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
consumption; expenditure; spending
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number