generating cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood); mutual generation
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
rapid development; rapid unfolding
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
matter of time; question of time
huge rock; firmness; solidity
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
as if nothing had happened
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire