total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
great person; eminent figure
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
looking into distance; watchtower; distant view
group; bunch; crowd; group
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
military forces; hosts; troops
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
downward tendency; decay; decline
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
in succession; one after another
to be manageable; to be able to handle
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
fixed interval; fixed period
initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
periodic; regular; routine
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life