strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
subversion (of the state)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
instant; moment; for an instant
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
legendary; fabled; fabulous
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
true friend; close friend
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)