earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
the place for; the time for; the level of
(national) capital (city); metropolis
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
calm; composed; leisurely
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
personification; impersonation; embodiment
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
general mobilization; full mobilization
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
later on; eventually; afterwards
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)