operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
failure; mistake; blunder
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to claim victims; to leave casualties
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
all; entire; whole; altogether
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
(computer) command; command key; commando
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
resistance; opposition; obstruction; (electrical) insulating coating; insulating varnish