to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to have a talk; to tell a story
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
it is not (like that) either
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
considerably; greatly; a lot
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
aggression; invasion; raid
difficult to ...; hard to ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent