combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
and; thereupon; because of that
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to do someone in; to bump someone off
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
abstention; nonparticipation
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
machine parts; machinery; equipment
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to prevent; to take precautions
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately