defense; defence; protection
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
time; hour; period; class
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
reaching; attaining; arrival
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to attack; to assault; to assail
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
ago; since; before; previous
aggression; invasion; raid
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
although I say; although one might say; although called
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
for today; for the time being
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
honorific/polite/humble prefix
please (give me); please (do for me)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
prospects of victory; chances of success
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to rush over; to run up to
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down