war; fighting; fierce competition
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
considerably; fairly; quite
fertile; rich; productive
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to compete with; to vie for
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
how long; how much; to what extent
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
dominion; territory; possession
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
kickoff party; rally; pep party
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
participation; joining; entry; adherence
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade