interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
antiquity; the previous era
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
process; course; mechanism
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
complete change; about-face
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
great war; great battle; world war
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
one end; an end; part; fragment
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
is something that; is that which
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
one act (of a play); scene; event
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
accession (to the throne)
calamity; disaster; accident