continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
innumerable; countless; numberless
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
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
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
in its entirety; whole; wholly
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
influence; clout; leverage
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
even though; despite; notwithstanding
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly