cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
simply; merely; only; solely
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
museum; reference library; archive; record office
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
battlefield; battleground
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to be smeared; to be covered
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
likely loss; probable defeat
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
national border; provincial border
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
main force; chief object; mainline
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart