new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
don't you think?; indicates question
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
difficult to ...; hard to ...
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
troubled times; turbulent times
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
please; somehow or other; one way or another
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
(your, his, her) daughter