demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
one's physical safety; personal security
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
personal feelings; self-interest
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
testimony; (verbal) evidence
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
leader; authority; mainstay
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
each place; various places
station; office; guardroom
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
without leaving any trace
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
function; facility; faculty; feature
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
commissioned officer; military officer
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical