to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
already; now; no longer; not any more
region; limits; stage; level
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to have no chance (of succeeding)
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
countermeasure; counter-measure
offensive (movement); aggression
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible