influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to play a leading role; to play a central part
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
face; looks; vestiges; trace
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
as far as the eye can see
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
to force one's way; to push through
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture