(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
majority group (party, faction)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
difference; disparity; gap
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to increase; to add to; to augment
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
irrational (line of) argument
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
self-consciousness; self-awareness
already; now; no longer; not any more