growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to change completely; to change suddenly
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
participation; joining; entry; adherence
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
myself; yourself; I; me; you
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
one day; (on) a certain day
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of