competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
metempsychosis; saving the lives of many
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
beginning (of a century, etc.)
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
globalization; globalisation
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
that is to say; so that means
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
limited; limiting; restrictive
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
countries; (various) nations
border (between countries); national border
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
race (of people); type of person
fundraising; collection of contributions; donating; donation; contribution
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
person who is overly conscious about appearing interesting (esp. online)
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want