to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
personal history; background; career
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
everywhere; all over; throughout
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
private person; individual
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
without; unless; have to do
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
beyond human understanding
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
discovery; detection; finding
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
process; course; mechanism
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to pierce through; to break through
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to stay (at); to stop (at)
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about