several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
war situation; progress of a battle
in one's own way or style
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing; indiscriminate hunting
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
to blaze; to burn brightly
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
power; might; authority; influence
specialization; specialisation
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
(not) a single person; (no) one
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)