choices; alternatives; options
decisive battle of brief duration
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
contest of strength; trial of strength
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
switching over to; migration; transition
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
form; shape; figure; visage
you could say; you might say; verging on the
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to need; to call for; to require
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
upper half of the body; upper body
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
reopening; resumption; restarting
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
to fly around; to scatter
immortal; undying; indestructible
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to be injured; to sustain a wound
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
participation; joining; entry; adherence
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade