influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
(looking) very bleak; having dim prospects
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
battlefield; battleground
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to kill; to beat to death
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
long ago; a long time ago; already
in proportion to; just as much as
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
helping hand; help; support; aid
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
mixed race; mixed parentage