Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
rational; reasonable; logical
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
global scale; global magnitude; worldwide scale
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
tension; mental strain; nervousness
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
one thin flat object; one sheet
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
final; eventual; ultimate
to dry up completely; to become stale
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment