do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
in its entirety; whole; wholly
migration; move; emigration; immigration
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 overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
even though; despite; notwithstanding
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance