to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
to take advantage of an opportunity
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
breastwork; parapet; fortress; parapet; chest wall
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
very young; little; childish; immature
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
to taste; to try (food or drink)
military strength; military personnel
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
trees and stones; unfeeling person
hand used like a sword in striking
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to subsist; to keep on living
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)