retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
epidemic; plague; pestilence
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to insist on one's own ideas
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
intensification; aggravation
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
face; looks; vestiges; trace
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to revere; to respect; to worship
pale; pallid; bluish-white
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
sanity; consciousness; soberness
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
transfer; assignment; conveyance