to rebuild; to reconstruct
restoration; repair; mending
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
sales promotion; hard selling
confusion; mixing; merger
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
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.)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to be like-minded; to have the same goal
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
to be too numerous; to be too much
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
consists of; comprises; is made up of
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to come face to face (with)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
troubled times; turbulent times