textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
naturally; of course; understandably
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to differ; to vary; to disagree
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
national border; provincial border
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
locality; local area; limited area
war; battle; match; game; competition
to repeat; to do something over again
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
each nation; many nations; many countries