gliding (through the air)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
worthy opponent; good match for someone; well-matched adversary
for the first time in one's life
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication