continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
since when; from when; how long
historic; historical; traditional
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
not yet known; unknown; strange
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
artifact; excavated article; archaeological find
plants and animals; flora and fauna
discovery; detection; finding
those (near the second person)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
wild beast; wild animal; brute
legendary beast; magical beast
in the end; on top of that
danger; peril; hazard; risk
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
living thing; organism; creature; biology
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to approach; to draw near
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
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)