recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
battle formation; disposition of troops
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
right angle; perpendicular
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
aggressor; assailant; invader
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
reaching; attaining; arrival
prospects of victory; chances of success
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper