bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to well up; to burst; to arise
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
customer traffic; customers; custom
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
this (very thing); this precisely
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to establish; to formulate
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops
for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
using as an intermediary; through
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
that is to say; so that means
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking