painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
defense; defence; protection
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
otherwise; or else; if not
whole nation; whole land; whole country
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
literally; to the letter; literal
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
body and soul; mind and body
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
when it becomes; when it comes to