country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
custom; habit; customary practice
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
doing as one is told; yes-man
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
to need; to call for; to require
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to thrust away; to send flying
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
stairs; stairway; staircase
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...