you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
reason; cause; circumstances
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to divide (by); to remove; to exclude
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
anything and everything; just about everything
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
American Civil War (1861-1865)
northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
person killed in action; the war dead
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
end of war; cessation of hostilities
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to bring; to take; to bring about
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...