I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
striking; remarkable; considerable
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
powerless; helpless; incompetent
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to repeat; to be frequent
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
when it becomes; when it comes to
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound