nature; property; disposition
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
torrent (file); torrenting
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
being on the ropes; losing ground
hostile relations; hostile relationship
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to take back; to recapture
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to incur someone's enmity
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
difficult to ...; hard to ...
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
now that; since; so long as; because
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to feel depressed; to be down