confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
retirement (from the world); seclusion
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
self-; from (a time or place)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
great cause; moral law; justice
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
dukedom; duchy; principality
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
territory; domain; dominion; possession
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
place; position; location; position; standing; status
our country; our land; one's own country
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district